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PROCEEDINGS 


SIXTIETH    CONVENTION 


PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH 


STATE  OF  PENNSYLVANIA, 

HELD  IN  ST.  ANDREW'S  CHURCH,  PHILADELPHIA, 


On  Tuesday,  May  21,   Wednesday,  May  22,  Thursday,   May  23,  and  Friday, 
May  24,  1844. 


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PHILADELPHIA: 

PUBLISHED   BY   ORDER  OF   THE   CONVENTION. 

KINS  &  BAIRD,  PRINTERS,   '.)  GEORGE  ST. 

18  14. 


ROLL 


CLERGY    AND    LAY    DEPUTIES 

WHO  COMPOSED  THE  CONVENTION. 
1844. 


CLE 
Rt.  Rev.H.  U.  Onderdonk,D.D. 
*Rev.  J.  Adderly, 

"  Win.  Addeiiy, 

"  Charles  H.  Alden, 

"  Wm  W.  Arnett, 

«  Fredk.  W.  Beasley, 

"  James  Bonnar, 

"  Wm.  H.  Bourns, 

"  Saml.  Bowman, 

"  Geo.  Boyd,  D.D. 

"  Charles  Breck, 

"  Edw.  Y.  Buchannan, 

"  Levi  Bull, 

"  Robt.  B.  Claxton, 

"  John  B.  Clemson, 

"  John  Coleman, D.D. 

"  Asa  S.  Colton, 

"  Thos.  Crumpton, 

"  Marcus  K.  Cushman, 

"  Robt.  Davis, 

"  Wm.  N.  Diehl, 

"  Benjamin  Dorr,  D.D. 

. "  Jacob  M.  Douglass, 

"  Geo.  C.  Drake, 


RGY. 

Rev.  Henry  W.Ducachet,  D.D. 

"  *  He  man  Dyer, 

"  Richard  D.  Hall, 

"  Wm.  Hilton, 

"  Benj.  S.  Huntington, 

"  John  J.  Kerr, 

"  Geo.  Kirke, 

"  Freeman  Lane, 

"  Edwin  N.  Lightner, 

"  Milton  C.  Lightner. 

"  Saml.  T.  Lord, 

"  John  J.  McElhinny. 

"  Henry  Major, 

"  John  H.  Marsden, 

"  John  G.  Maxwell, 

"  Saml.  R.  Meade, 

«  Tobias  H.  Michell, 

"  Geo.  Mintzer, 

"  Richd.  U.  Morgan, 

"  Jacob  B.  Morss, 

"  *Henry  J.  Morton, 

"  George  W.  Natt, 

"  Edmund  Neville, 

"  Richard  Newton. 


Rev.  William  H.  Norris,  Rev. 

William  H.  Odenheimer,     " 

Frederick  Ogilby,  " 

Willie  Peck,  " 

William  S.  Perkins,  " 
John  B.  Pradt, 

William  Preston,  " 

Thomas  H.  Qninan,  " 
Greenbnry  W.  Ridgely,      " 

John  Rodney,  Jr.,  " 

Joshua  M.  Rogers,  " 

Owen  E.  Shannon,  " 

George  Sheets,  " 
Richard  Smith, 


William  W.  Spear, 
Nathan  Stem, 
William  Suddards, 
Mortimer  R.  Talbot, 
*  Henry  Tnllidge, 
Stephen  H.  Tyng,  D.D., 
Peter  Van  Pelt, 
George  Upfold,  D.D., 
Joshua  Weaver, 
William  White, 
*Bird  Wilson,  D.D., 


Christian  Wiltberger, 


Jr, 


Enos  Woodward, 


75. 


LAY  DEPUTIES,  MAY  1844. 


Baltis  Appleman, 
Lewis  R.  Ashurst, 
Hamilton  Alricks, 
James  M.  Aertsen, 
Thomas  Allibone, 
Horace  Binney, 
Hill  Brinton, 
George  Blight, 
Nelson  B.  Bowman, 
*H.  L.  Boll  man, 
Isaac  B.  Burroughs, 
John  Bredin, 
*W.  Linn  Brown, 
James  Burnside, 
Samuel  Breck, 
*George  Buchanan, 
Thomas  Briggs. 
*  Andrew  D.  Baum, 
Thomas  K.  Bull, 


George  Breck, 
*F.  D.  Baker, 
Garret  Brown, 
Henry  Buckwalter, 
Charles  C.  Boyd, 
*Charles  N.  Bancker, 
*Lewis  Brinton, 
Peter  Baldy, 
*Edward  H.  Baldy, 
♦Pierce  Crosby, 
Redmond  Conyngham, 
*J.  Yates  Conyngham, 
Wm.  Casselberry, 
Herman  Cope, 
John  W.  Claghorn, 
W.  P.  Cresson, 
*Thomas  M.  Charlton, 
Samuel  Davis, 
Lambert  Duy, 


Joseph  G.  Davis, 
Jacob  P.  Donnaldson, 
James  L.  Dunn, 
Isaac  Davis, 
Robley  Dunglison, 
Edward  Davies, 
Edward  Ellis, 
*Wm.  Cox  Ellis, 
*Edward  Evans, 
George  Elliot, 
J.  W.  Flick wir, 
John  Farr, 

*  James  Field, 
Henry  G.  Freeman, 
Eleazer  Fenton, 
*E.  Greenough, 
Frederick  Grosscup, 
Wm,  J.  Greenough, 
Jesse  Gyger, 

J.  D.  George, 
Enoch  Gray, 
*C.  C.  Gardner, 
Robert  Graffen, 
John  L.  Goddard, 
Edmund  Green, 
Otis  L.  Gibson, 
J.  C.  Gunn, 
James  Y.  Humphreys, 
George  Hogg, 
Francis  Hoskins, 
W.  A.  Hill, 
Henry  Hay, 

*  James  T.  Hale, 
Wm.  S.  Hill, 
*Thomas  G.  Henderson, 
*Samuel  Heilner, 


Amos  S.  Henderson, 
*  Marcus  Heilner, 
*John  Hunter, 
*Thomas  Heed, 
*John  R.  Hoskins, 
George  Harrison, 
A.  L.  Hays, 
*Charles  Harrison, 
R.  C.  Hale, 
Nathaniel  P.  Hobart, 
H.  Hepburn, 
*Martin  Ivens, 
Benjamin  Jackson, 
Samuel  Jones, 
J.  G.  Johnson, 
Benjamin  F.  Johnson, 
*Hanson  B.  Jacobs, 
Joseph  Juel, 
James  Johnson, 
Griffith  Jones, 
Phineas  Jenks, 
Jonathan  Jones, 
Wm.  Kirkham, 
Wm.  H.  Klapp, 
John  S.  Littell, 
Nathaniel  F.  Lightner, 
Joel  Lightner, 
*John  L.  Lightner, 
Mord.  D.  Lewis, 
Richard  P.  Lardner, 
David  Lewis, 
Lawrence  S.  Lardner, 
Wm.  B.  McLure, 
"Orlando  Metcalf, 
David  Morgan, 
*James  Miller, 


D.  W.  McCormick, 
*John  McKay, 
Caspar  Morris, 
Benjamin  G.  Mitchell, 
Wm.  Musgrave, 
F.  P.  Mayer, 
James  Moore, 
Matthew  McPaul, 
Major  McVeigh, 
Wm.  B.  Norris, 
Frederick  Nash, 
R.  C.  Nichols, 
Joseph  Neide, 
James  S.  Newhold, 
Francis  B.  Nichols, 
*David  Plank, 
Wm.  B.  Potts, 
*Stephen  Payran,  Jr. 
Wm.  Paff, 

*Samuel  A.  Purviance, 
L.  G.  Pearce, 
Christian  Peterman, 
George  W.  Pierce, 
*John  H.  Purdy, 
John  C.  Pechin, 
Thomas  H.  Powers, 
Edward  Owen  Parry, 
Robert  Ralston, 
,Tohn  Rosencrantz, 
John  S.  Richards, 
Thomas  Robinson, 
*Charles  M.  Reed, 
Osmon  Reed, 
Henry  Reed, 
*  F.  W.  Robb, 
John  P.  Rulter, 


Abel  Reed, 
Edmund  Richardson, 
Clement  S.  Rutter, 
*Chester  Robinson, 
Enos  H.  Russell, 
John  Reed, 
James  S.  Smith, 
Cornelius  Stevenson, 
Joseph  L.  Stichter, 
Milton  Smith, 
Levi  B.  Smith, 
Amariah  Strickland, 
Wm.  Stavely, 
Wm.  H.  Sayer, 
Samuel  Shaffer, 
Caspar  W.  Sharpless, 
Abraham  W.  Sharpless. 
Richard  S.  Smith, 
H.  M.  Sheaff, 
John  Shannon, 
*John  Swift, 
Samuel  Swift, 
Joseph  Sims, 
Robert  Toland, 
Vincent  Trego, 
*Eli  Trego, 

*  Joshua  Townsend, 
Thomas  R.  Trimble, 
Bethuel  B.  Vincent, 
Thomas  F.  Vallette, 
George  M.  Wharton, 
George  R.  White, 

*  George  Whitaker, 
Warren  J.  Woodward, 
George  W.  Woodward, 
Henclrick  B.  Wright, 


'Thomas  Wood,  Tobias  Wagner, 

H.  E.  Wolf,  Thomas  C.  Williams, 

Francis  West,  *John  Whiteman, 

Wm.  Welsh,  William  Ward, 

John  R.  Wilmer,  John  Yocum, 

Peter  Williamson,  Courtland  Yardley. 

Note. — Those  whose  names  are  marked  thus  *  were  not  present  at  the 
Convention. 


ROLL  OF  LAY  DELEGATES, 

FROM  THE  SEVERAL  CHURCHES  OF  PENNSYLVANIA. 

Alleghany  county,  Pittsburg,  Trinity  church.     Wm.   B. 
McClure,  Orlando  Metcalf,  Geo.  R.  White. 

Alleghany  county,  Pittsburg,  St.  Andrew's  church.  George 
Hogg,  H.  L.  Bollman,  W.  A.  Hill. 

Alleghany  county,  Alleghany,  Christ  church.     Joseph  G. 
Davis. 

Berks  county,  Reading,  Christ  church.     James  L.  Dunn, 
John  S.  Richards,  Joseph  L.  Stichter. 

Berks  county,  Morgantown,  St.  Thomas'  church.     Levi 
B.  Smith,  David  Morgan,  David  Plank. 

Bucks  county,  Bristol,  St.  James   the   Greater's  church. 
Eleazer  Fenton,  James  Johnson. 

Bucks  county,  Newtown,  St.  Luke's  church.     Thos.  Jenks, 
George  Breck,  Garret  Brown. 

.  Bucks  county,  Yardleyville,  St.  Andrew's  church.   William 
Paff,  Thomas  Heed,  Courtlandt  Yardley. 

Bucks  county,  Hulmeville,  Grace  church.     George  Harri- 
son, Samuel  Swift,  Joshua  Townsend. 

Bucks  county,  Centreville,  Trinity  church.  William  Stavely, 
Stephen  Payran,  Jr. 

Butler  county,   Butler,  St.  Peter's  church.     Samuel   A. 
Purviance,  John  Bredin. 

Carbon  county,  Mauch  Chunk,  St.  Mark's  church.     Wil- 
liam H.  Sager. 


Centre  county,  Bellefonte,  St.  John's  church.     James  F. 
Hale,  James  Burnside,  George  Buchanan. 

Chester  county,  New  London  township,  St,  John's  church. 
Frederick  Grosscup,  Thomas  M.  Charlton. 

Chester  county,  Warwick  township,  St.  Mary's  church. 
Samuel  Shaffer,  Thos.  K.  Bull,  Christian  Peterman. 

Chester  county,  Great  Valley,  St.  Peter's  church.     Jesse 
Gyger,  L.  G.  Pearce. 

Chester  county,  Pequea,  St.  John's  church.     Thomas  G. 
Henderson,  F.  D.  Baker,  Amos  S.  Henderson. 

Chester    county,  West   Whiteland   township,   St.   Paul's 
church.     Jonathan  Jones,  Thomas  R.  Trimble. 

Chester    county,   West    Vincent,   St.   Andrew's    church. 
Henry  Buckwalter,  Isaac  Davis,  M.  D.,  Amariah  Strickland. 

Chester  county,  Honeybrook,  St.  Mark's  church.     John 
Yokum,  Samuel  Jones,  Vincent  Trego. 

Chester  county,  West  Chester,  church  of  the  Holy  Trinity. 
John  Hunter,  Lewis  Brinton,  George  W.  Pierce. 

Chester  county,  Phoenixville,  St.  Peter's  church,  Major 
McVeigh. 

Columbia  county,  Bloomsburg,  St.  Paul's  church.  Baltis 
Appleman. 

Columbia  county,  Danville,  Christ  church.  Peter  Baldy, 
Eli  Triger,  Edward  li.  Baldy. 

Crawford  county,  Meadville,  Christ  church.  Dr.  Edward 
Ellis. 

Cumberland  county,  Carlisle,  St.  John's  church,  Mr.  John 
Reed. 

Dauphin  county,  Harrisburg,  St.  Stephen's  church.  Ham- 
ilton Alricks. 

Delaware  county,  Chester,  St.  Paul's  church.  Pierce 
Crosby,  J.  W.  Flickwir,  J.  G.  Johnson. 

Delaware  county,  Lower  Chichester  township,  Marcus 
Hook,  St.  Martin's  church.  Thomas  Robinson,  Enoch  Gray, 
Benjamin  F.  Johnson. 

Delaware  county,  Concord  township,  St.  John's  church. 
Caspar  Sharpless,  Hill  Brinton,  Abraham  W.  Sharpless. 


Delaware  county,  Newtown  township,  Radnor,  St.  David's 
church,  Mr.  Griffith  Jones. 

Delaware  county,  Rockdale,  Calvary  church.  Richard  S. 
Smith,  James  Miller,  John  R.  Hoskins. 

Erie  county,  Erie,  St.  Paul's  church.  Bethuell  B.  Vincent. 
Charles  M.  Reed. 

Erie  county,  Waterford,  St.  Peter's  church.  Charles  C. 
Boyd. 

Fayette  county,  Brownsville,  Christ  church.  Nelson  B. 
Bowman. 

Lancaster  county,  Lancaster,  St.  James'  church.  A.  L. 
Hays,  George  Whitaker,  Nathaniel  F.  Lightner. 

Lancaster  county,  Leacock,  Christ  church.  John  L.  Light- 
ner, Joel  Lightner. 

Lancaster  county,  Caernarvon  township,  Churchtown, 
Bangor  church.     Edward  Davies,  Hanson  B.  Jacobs. 

Lancaster  county,  Paradise,  All  Saint's  church.  Redmond 
Conyngham,  J.  Yates  Cunningham,  Isaac  B.  Burroughs. 

Luzerne  county,  Wilkesbarre,  St.  Stephen's  church.  War- 
ren J.  Woodward.  George  W.  Woodward,  Hendrick  B. 
Wright. 

Lycoming  county,  Muncy,  St.  James'  church.  Wm.  Cox 
Ellis,  Dr.  Thomas  Wood,  F.  W.  Robb. 

Mifflin  county,  Lewistown,  St.  Mark's  church.  Wm.  B. 
Norris,  D.  W.  McCormick,  R.  C.  Hale. 

Montgomery  county,  Whitemarsh  township,  St.  Thomas* 
church.     Fred.  Nash,  H.  M.  Sheaff. 

Montgomery  county,  Perkiomen  township,  St.  James' 
church.     Wm.  Casselberry,  Edward  Evans. 

Montgomery  county,  Norristown,  St.  John's  church.  John 
McKay,  R.  C.  Nichols,  John  Shannon. 

Montgomery  county,  Pottstown,  Christ  church.  John  P 
Rutter,  Nathaniel  P.  Hobart,  Joseph  Naide. 

Northampton  county,  Easton,  Trinity  church.     H.  He]  - 
burn,  John  Swift,  H.  E.  Wolf. 
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Northumberland  county,  Sunbury,  St.  Matthews'  church. 
E.  Greenough,  Wm.  J.  Greenough,  John  H.  Purdy. 

Philadelphia  county,  Philadelphia,  Christ  church.  Horace 
Binney,  James  Y.  Humphreys,  Francis  West. 

Philadelphia  county,  Philadelphia,  St.  Peter's  church. 
Joseph  Sims,  J.  S.  Smith,  Henry  Reed. 

Philadelphia  county,  Philadelphia,  St.  James'  church. 
Robert  Ralston,  Robert  Toland,  G.  M.  Wharton. 

Philadelphia  county,  Philadelphia,  St.  Paul's  church.  John 
Farr,  J.  D.  George,  Benjamin  G.  Mitchell. 

Philadelphia  county,  Philadelphia,  St.  Stephen's  church. 
Charles  N.  Bancker,  Wm.  Kirkham,  Robley  Dunglison,  M.  D. 

Philadelphia  county,  Philadelphia,  St,  Andrew's  church. 
Cornelius  Stevenson,  Lambert  Duy,  Samuel  Davis. 

Philadelphia  county,  Philadelphia,  Grace  church.  Her- 
man Cope,  John  W.  Claghom,  Francis  Hoskins. 

Philadelphia  county,  Philadelphia,  Church  of  the  Epiphany. 
Lewis  R.  Ashhurst,  Caspar  Morris,  Wm.  Musgrave. 

Philadelphia  county,  Philadelphia,  Church  of  the  Ascen- 
sion.    J.  S.  Newbold,  W.  Linn  Brown,  C.  C.  Gardiner. 

Philadelphia  county,  Philadelphia,  St.  Luke's  church. 
William  Welsh,  Mordecai  D.  Lewis,  Samuel  Breck. 

Philadelphia  county,  Northern  Liberties,  St.  John's  church. 
Osmon  Reed,  Henry  Hay,  F.  P.  Mayer. 

Philadelphia  county,  Northern  Liberties,  Advent  church. 
Abel  Reed,  Joseph  Juel,  Thomas  F.  Vallette. 

Philadelphia  county,  Moyamensing,  Church  of  the  Evan- 
gelists. Robert  Graffen,  Edmund  Richardson,  James  M. 
Aertsen. 

Philadelphia  county,  Moyamensing,  All  Saints'  church. 
James  Moore,  John  R.  WUmer,  John  L.  Goddard. 

Philadelphia  county,  Southwark,  Trinity  church.  Peter 
Williamson,  Clement  S.  Rutter,  William  H.  Klapp. 

Philadelphia  county,  Francisville,  St.  Matthew's  church. 
Thomas  Briggs,  George  Elliott,  James  Field. 


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Philadelphia  county,  Lower  Dublin  township,  All  Saint's 
church.     Lawrence  S.  Lardner,  Charles  Harrison. 

Philadelphia  county,  Oxford  township,  Trinity  church. 
Edmund  Green,  Richard  P.  Lardner 

Philadelphia  county,  Germantown,  St.  Luke's  church. 
Benjamin  Jackson,  John  S.  Littell,  George  Blight. 

Philadelphia  county,  Kensington,  Emanuel  church.  Jacob 
P.  Donaldson,  Martin  Ivens,  Matthew  McPaul. 

Philadelphia  county,  West  Philadelphia,  St.  Mary's  church. 
Thomas  Allibone,  Henry  G.  Freeman,  Milton  Smith. 

Philadelphia  county,  Manayunk,  St.  David's  church. 
Tobias  Wagner,  John  C.  Pechin,  Dr.  John  Rosencrantz. 

Philadelphia  county,  Spring  Garden,  St.  Philip's  church. 
Thomas  H.  Powers,  W.  P.  Cresson,  David  Lewis. 

Schuylkill  county,  Pottsville,  Trinity  church.  Francis  B. 
Nichols,  Thomas  C.  Williams,  Edward  0.  Parry. 

Schuylkill  county,  Schuylkill  Haven,  St.  James'  church. 
Wm.  B.  Potts,  Wm.  S.  Hill,  Andrew  D.  Baum. 

Schuylkill  county,  Minersville,  St.  Paul's  church.  Samuel 
Heilner,  John  Whiteman,  Marcus  Heilner. 

Susquehanna  county,  New  Milford,  St.  Mark's  church. 
Wm.  Ward. 

Tioga  county,  Wellsbrough,  St.  Paul's  church.  McChes- 
ter  Robinson,  Otis  L.  Gibson,  M.  D. 

Wayne  county,  Dyberry  Parish,  Grace  church,  Honesdale. 
Enos  H.  Russel. 

Wayne  county,  Dyberry  Parish,  Ruth  church,  Bethany.  J. 
C.  Gunn. 


JOURNAL,   &c. 


Philadelphia,  St.  Andrew's  Church.  > 
Tuesday,  May  21,  1844,  6  o'clock,  P.M.  $ 

This  being  the  day  appointed  for  the  meeting  of  the  Con- 
vention of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  Diocese  of 
Pennsylvania,  the  Right  Rev.  Henry  U.  Onderdonk,  Bishop 
of  the  Diocese,  with  several  Clergymen  and  Lay  Deputies,, 
attended  at  St.  Andrew's  Church. 

The  chair  being  taken  by  the  Bishop,  the  Convention 
proceeded  to  organize. 

A  list  of  the  clergy  entitled  to  seats  was  called  over  by  the 
Secretary,  and  the  following  answered  to  their  names :  viz. 
Rt.  Rev.  H.  U.  Onderdonk,      Rev.  Benj.  Dorr,  D.  D. 


D.  D. 

Rev.  Wra.  Adderly, 

"  Wm.  W.  Arnett, 

"  James  Bonnar, 

>'  Wm.  H.  Bourns, 

"  Samuel  Bowman, 

«  Geo.  Boyd,  D.  D., 

"  Charles  Breck, 

"  Edward  Y.  Buchanan, 

"  Levi  Bull, 

"  Robert  B.  Claxton, 

"  John  B.  Clemson, 

"  John  Coleman,  D.  D., 

"  Asa  S.  Colton, 

'■  Thos.  Crnmpton, 

"  Marcus  K.  Cushman, 

"  Robert  Davis, 

"  William  N.  Diehl,, 


Jacob  M.  Douglass, 
Geo.  C.  Drake, 
H.  W.  Ducachet,  D.  D. 
John  J.  Kerr, 
Edwin  N.  Lightner, 
Milton  C.  Lightner, 
Samuel  T.  Lord, 
Henry  Major, 
John  H.  Marsden, 
John  G.  Maxwell, 
Saml.  Iv.  Meade, 
Tobias  H.  Michell, 
Geo.  Mintzer, 
Richard  U.  Morgan, 
Jacob  B.  Morss, 
Geo.  W.  Natt, 
Edmund  Neville, 
Richard  Newton, 


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Rev.  Wm.  H.  Norris, 

"  Wm.  H.  Odenheimer. 

'•  Frederick  Ogilby, 

"  John  B.  Pradt, 

"  Thos.  H.  Quinan, 

"  John  Rodney,  Jr., 

"  Joshua  M.  Rogers, 

"  Owen  E.  Shannon, 

"  Richard  Smith, 

The  following  Lay  Deputies  presented  certificates  of  their 
appointment,  answered  to  their  names  and  took  their  seats  : 


Rev.  W.  W.  Spear, 

"  Nathan  Stem, 

"  Wm.  Snddards, 

"  Stephen  H.  Tyng,  D.  D., 

"  George  Upfold,  D.  D., 

"  Joshua  Weaver, 

"  Wm.  White, 

"  Enos  Woodward. 


Baltis  Appleman, 
Lewis  R.  Ashurst, 
Hamilton  Alricks, 
James  M.  Aertsen, 
Thomas  Allibone, 
George  Blight, 
Nelson  B.  Bowman, 
Isaac  B.  Burroughs, 
John  Bredin, 
James  Burnside, 
Samuel  Breck, 
Thomas  Briggs, 
Thomas  R.  Bull, 
Henry  Buckwalter, 
Peter  Baldy, 
Redmond  Conyngham, 
Wm.  Castleberry, 
Herman  Cope, 
John  W.  Claghorn, 
Samuel  Davis, 
Lambert  Duy, 
Joseph  G.  Davis, 
Jacob  P.  Donaldson, 
James  L.  Dunn, 
Isaac  Davis, 
Robley  Dunglison, 


Edward  Davies, 
Edward  Ellis, 
George  Elliott, 
J.  W.  Flickwir, 
John  Farr, 
Wm.  J.  Greenough, 
J.  D.  George, 
Robert  Graffen, 
John  L.  Goddard, 
Edmund  Green, 
Otis  L.  Gibson, 
J.  C.  Gunn, 
George  Hogg, 
Francis  Hoskins, 
Henry  Hay, 
Wm.'s.  Hill, 
Amos  S.  Henderson, 
A.  L.  Hays, 
R.  C.  Hale, 
Nathaniel  P.  Hobart, 
H.  Hepburn, 
Benjamin  Jackson, 
Samuel  Jones, 
Joseph  Juel, 
Wm.  Kirkham, 
Wm.  H.  Klapp, 


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John  S.  Littell, 
Nathaniel  F.  Lightner, 
Joel  Lightner, 
Mordecai  D.  Lewis, 
David  Lewis, 
David  Morgan, 
Benjamin  G.  Mitchell, 
Wm.  Musgrave, 
F.  P.  Mayer, 
James  Moore, 
Matthew  McPaul, 
Wm.  B.  Norris, 
R.  C.  Nichols, 
Joseph  Neide, 
James  S.  Newbold, 
Wm.  B.  Potts, 
Christian  Peterman, 
George  W.  Pierce, 
Thomas  H.  Powers, 
Edward  Owen  Parry, 
John  S.  Richards, 
Osmon  Reed, 
Henry  Reed, 
John  P.  Rutter, 
Abel  Reed, 
Edward  Richardson, 
Enos  H.  Russell, 


Cornelius  Stevenson, 
Joseph  L.  Stichter, 
Levi  B.  Smith, 
William  Stavely, 
William  H.  Sayer, 
Samuel  Shaffer, 
Caspar  W.  Sharpless, 
Richard  S.  Smith, 
H.  M.  Sheaff, 
John  Shannon, 
Joseph  Sims, 
Robert  Toland, 
Vincent  Trego, 
Thomas  F.  Vallette, 
George  M.  Wharton, 
George  R.  White, 
Warren  J.  Woodward, 
George  W.  Woodward, 
Hendrick  B.  Wright, 
H.  E.  Wolf, 
Francis  West, 
William  Welsh, 
John  R.  Wilmer, 
Peter  Williamson, 
Tobias  Wagner, 
Thomas  C.  Williams, 
John  Yocum. 


James  S.  Smith, 

On  motion  the  Convention  proceeded  to  ballot  for  a  Sec- 
retary. Rev.  Messrs.  Ducachetand  Bourns,  being  appointed 
Tellers  on  the  part  of  the  Clergy,  to  receive  their  votes,  and 
Messrs,  Dunn  and  Osmon  Reed,  Tellers  to  receive  the  votes 
of  the  Laity.  The  Tellers  having  reported  that  George  M. 
Wharton,  a  Lay  Deputy  from  St.  James'  Church,  Philada., 
had  received  a  majority  of  the  votes  of  both  orders,  he  was 
accordingly  declared  elected,  as  Secretary  of  the  Convention. 


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The  following  Rules  of  Order  were  then  read  by  the  Sec- 
retary from  the  revised  Regulations : 

RULES    OF    ORDER. 

1.  The  business  of  every  day  shall  be  introduced  with  a 
form  of  prayer  prescribed  by  the  Bishop. 

2.  When  the  president  takes  the  chair,  no  member  shall 
continue  standing,  or  shall  afterwards  stand  up,  unless  to  ad- 
dress the  chair. 

3.  No  member  shall  absent  himself  from  the  service  of  the 
house,  unless  he  have  leave,  or  be  unable  to  attend. 

4.  When  any  member  is  about  to  speak  in  debate,  or  de- 
liver any  matter  to  the  house,  he  shall  rise  from  his  seat,  and 
without  advancing,  shall,  with  due  respect,  address  himself 
to  the  president,  confining  himself  strictly  to  the  point  in 
debate. 

5.  No  member  shall  speak  more  than  twice  in  the  same 
debate,  without  leave  of  the  house. 

6.  A  question  being  once  determined  shall  stand  as  the 
judgment  of  the  house,  and  shall  not  be  again  drawn  into 
debate,  during  the  same  session,  unless  with  the  consent  of 
two-thirds  of  the  house. 

7.  While  the  president  is  putting  any  question,  no  one 
shall  hold  private  discourse,  stand  up,  walk  into,  out  of,  or 
across  the  house,  or  read  any  book. 

8.  Every  member  who  shall  be  in  the  house  when  any 
question  is  put,  shall,  on  a  division,  be  counted,  unless  he  be 
particularly  interested  in  the  decision. 

9.  No  motion  shall  be  considered  as  before  the  house, 
unless  it  be  seconded  and  reduced  to  writing  when  required. 

10.  When  any  question  is  before  the  house,  it  shall  be 
determined  on  before  anything  new  is  introduced,  except 
the  question  for  adjournment. 

11.  The  question  on  a  motion  for  adjournment  shall  be 
taken  before  any  other,  and  without  debate. 

12.  When  the  house  is  to  rise,  every  member  shall  keep 
his  seat  until  the  president  leave  the  chair. 


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To  which  was  added,  on  motion,  the  following : — 

The  house  shall  hold  two  sessions  every  day,  viz.  from 
9  o'clock,  A.  M.,  to  2  o'clock  P.  M.,  and  from  5  o'clock  P. 
M.  to  7  o'clock  P.  M.,  provided  that  the  House  will  not  meet 
on  Wednesday  morning  until  10  o'clock. 

On  motion — Resolved,  That  such  clergymen  of  the  Pro- 
testant Episcopal  Church,  belonging  to  this  Diocese,  not 
entitled  to  seats  in  this  Convention,  and  such  clergymen  not 
belonging  to  this  Diocese,  and  such  clergymen  of  the  Church 
of  England  or  of  her  colonies,  and  such  students  of  Divinity 
in  the  Episcopal  Church,  as  may  be  now  in  the  city  of  Phila- 
delphia, be  admitted  to  the  sittings  of  this  Convention. 

The  Bishop  laid  upon  the  table  the  official  list  of  all  the 
Clergy  canonically  resident  in  the  Diocese,  corrected,  to  this 
day. 

A  list  of  the  Clergy  absent  at  the  last  Convention  was  then 
called  over,  agreeably  to  Canon  14,  Sect.  5.,  when  the  Rev. 
Messrs.  Wm.  Adderly,  Breck,  Robert  Davis,  Ducachet,  Lord, 
Marsden,  Michell,  and  Woodward,  severally  answered  to 
their  names,  and  gave  excuses  for  their  absence. 

The  Convention  then  adjourned. 

G.  M.  Wharton,  Secretary. 


Philadelphia,  St.  Andrew's  Church. 
Wednesday,  May  22,  1844,   10  o'clock,  A.  M. 

The  Convention  met  and  attended  divine  service.  Morn- 
ing prayers  were  read  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Major,  assisted  by 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Bonnar,  who  read  the  Lessons.  The  Ante- 
Communion  was  read  by  the  Bishop,  assisted  by  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Morss,  who  read  the  Epistle.  The  sermon  was 
preached  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Beasley,  after  which  the  Com- 
munion was  administered  by  the  Bishop,  assisted  by  the 
Rev.  Messrs.  Major,  Bonnar,  and  Morss.  The  Convention 
was  called  to  order  after  service.  The  Secretary  stated  that 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Odenheimer  had  acceded  to  his  request  to  act 


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as  Assistant  Secretary.     The  Roll  was  then  called,  and  the 
minutes  of  yesterday,  P.  M.,  were  read  and  approved. 

The  following  Clergymen,  entitled  to  seats,  and  not  present 
yesterday,  appeared  and  took  their  seats,  viz.  The  Rev. 
Messrs.  Alden,  Beasely,  Cushman,  Hilton,  Kirke,  Peck, 
Perkins,  Preston,  Ridgley,  Sheets  and  Wiltberger.  And 
the  following  Lay  Deputies,  viz.  Messrs.  H.  Brinton,  G. 
Breck,  Garret  Brown,  Cresson,  Fenton,  Gyger,  Gray, 
Humphreys,  W.  A.  Hill,  J.  R.  Hoskins,  G.  Harrison,  C. 
Harrison,  J.  G.  Johnson,  James  Johnson,  Jenks,  Jon.  Jones, 
Griffith  Jones,  Lawrence  S.  Lardner,  McVeigh,  Nash,  Potts, 
Ralston,  John  Reed,  Thos.  Robinson,  Strickland,  Milton, 
Smith,  Trimble  and  Ward,  not  present  yesterday,  and  en- 
titled to  seats,  appeared,  having  presented  their  proper  cer- 
tificates, and  took  their  seats. 

A  Committee  on  Charters  was  then  appointed,  consisting 
of  the  Rev.  Messrs.  Buchanan,  Morgan,  and  White,  and  of 
Messrs.  James  S.  Smith  and  Osmon  Reed. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Dorr,  the  Secretary  of  the  Standing  Com- 
mittee, laid  on  the  table,  the  Charters  of  Christ  Church, 
Towanda,  Bradford  County;  Christ  Church,  Hollidaysburg, 
Huntingdon  County;  and  St.  James' Church,  Kingsessing, 
Philadelphia  County — the  same  having  been  approved  by 
the  Bishop  and  Standing  Committee.  They  were  referred 
to  the  Committee  on  Charters. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Suddards,  it  was  Resolved, 
That  a  Committee  be  appointed  to  inquire  into  the  claim  of 
the  Rev.  Richard  Hall  to  a  seat  in  this  Convention.  The 
chair  appointed  Rev.  Mr.  Suddards,  and  Messrs.  James  S. 
Smith  and  Lawrence  S.  Lardner  the  Committee. 

The  Bishop  then  delivered  his  annual  address  as  follows  : 
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ADDRESS. 


Brethren — The    Clerical  and   the   Lay  Members  of 
this  Convention  : 

Through  the  kind  permission  of  our  Heavenly  Father  we 
are  again  assembled  in  our  annual  Convention ;  and  have  be- 
fore us  the  regulation,  in  His  holy  fear,  of  the  general  affairs 
of  this  diocese  for  another  year.  Since  we  last  met,  the  dio- 
cese appears  to  have  had  a  fair  average  of  prosperity ;  but 
our  growth,  though  steady,  is  not  so  rapid  as  in  some  other 
portions  of  the  Church  :  which  may,  in  part,  be  ascribed  to 
the  pecuniary  difficulties  of  the  times;  in  part,  to  the  enormous 
prejudices  obstinately  cherished  against  our  communion ;  and 
in  part,  I  fear,  to  our  own  supineness  and  low  estimate  of 
the  duty  we  owe  to  the  cause  of  the  Redeemer.  Let  this 
duty  be  rightly  understood,  and  the  love  of  it,  as  a  privilege 
to  us  and  humble  gratitude  to  Him,  warm  thoroughly  our 
souls,  and  the  Church  will  no  longer  want  the  energy  or  the 
means  for  its  wide  extension  and  substantial  growth.  Let 
us  do  our  part  in  '  building  the  walls  of  Jerusalem,'  and  her 
divine  Head  will  not  fail  to  be  'favorable  and  gracious  '  unto 
her  in  abundant  spiritual  mercies. 

During  the  past  Convention  year,  the  Rev.  John  P.  K. 
Henshaw,  D.  D.,  of  Baltimore,  has  been  elected  and  con- 
secrated to  the  episcopate  of  the  diocese  of  Rhode  Island. 
And  the  Rev.  Carlton  Chase,  D.  D.,  of  Vermont,  has  been 
elected  to  that  of  the  diocese  of  New  Hampshire ;  his  conse- 
cration being  deferred,  agreeably  to  the  Canons,  till  the  as- 
sembling of  the  General  Convention  in  October  next. 

Since  my  last  address  "to  this  body  I  have  preached  every 
Sunday,  usually  twice,  occasionally  three  times ;  except  one 
Sunday,  when  a  domestic  bereavement  compelled  me  to  aban- 
don three  appointments.  I  preached  also  on  the  Thanksgiv- 
ing day  of  the  Church,  and  on  that  recommended  by  the 


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Governor  of  this  Commonwealth;  also,  on  Christmas  day, 
twice  ;  on  New  Year's  day  ;  and  Ash  Wednesday  ;  on  Good 
Friday,  twice ;  and  on  Ascension-day.  In  the  Churches  and 
other  places  of  worship  in  Philadelphia,  I  have  preached 
fifty-seven  times. 

In  May  last,  I  preached  at  Germantown.  In  June,  at 
Manayunk,  twice  ;  at  Churchtown ;  at  Morgantown  ;  at  WesH; 
Vincent ;  at  Phcenixville  ;  at  Honeybrook ;  at  Downingtown. 
In  July,  at  Radnor;  at  St.  Peter's,  G.  V.  In  August,  at 
Piquea  ;  at  Leacock ;  at  Paradise  ;  at  Pottstown  ;  at  Douglass- 
ville;  at  Phcenixville;  at  Yardleyville,  twice;  at  New  London 
y,  Roads ;  at  West  Marlborough.  In  September,  on  a 
northern  visitation,  at  Mauch  Chunk,  twice  ;  at  Beaver  Mea- 
dow ;  at  Berwick;  (at  Factoryville,  W.  N.  Y.)  at  Towanda, 
twice  ;  at  Troy,  twice  ;  at  Coudersport,  twice  ;  at  Smethport, 
twice  :  and  in  October,  on  the  same  journey,  at  Wellsborough, 
twice  ;  in  the  Block  House  settlement,  at  two  places ;  at  Lock 
Haven,  twice;  at  Jersey  Shore,  twice;  at  Williamsport,  twice  ; 
at  Muncy,  twice ;  at  Jerseytown  ;  at  Bloomsburgh,  twice  ;  at 
Danville,  twice ;  at  Sunbury,  twice ;  at  Schuylkill  Haven  ; 
at  Minersville  ;  and  at  Pottsvilie,  which  ended  that  set  of  ap- 
pointments. In  October,  also,  at  Downingtown  ;  at  Lower 
Dublin  ;  at  Holmesburgh.  In  December,  at  Paradise,  twice; 
at  Phcenixville;  at  Warwick;  at  Downingtown  ;  at  Carlisle, 
twice  ;  at  Harrisburgh,  on  Christmas  day,  twice.  In  Febru- 
ary, at  Manayunk ;  at  Norristown,  twice.  Also  at  Lancaster, 
twice;  at  York,  twice;  at  Petersburgh,  twice;  in  Christ 
Church,  Adams  County,  and  at  Carlisle,  on  March  1st.  In 
March,  at  Oak  Grove ;  at  Perkiomen  ;  at  Reading,  three 
times.  In  April,  on  a  South  Western  visitation,  at  Holli- 
daysburg,  twice  ;  at  Blairsville,  twice  ;  in  St.  Andrew's,  Pitts- 
burgh ;  in  Trinity,  Pittsburgh ;  at  Allegheny  ;  at  Fallston  ;  in 
St.  Paul's,  Beaver,  Co.;  at  Georgetown ;  at  West  Middle- 
town  ;  at  Washington  ;  at  Pike  Run  ;  at  Brownsville,  twice  ; 
at  Uniontown,  twice;  at  Manalen  ;  afr-Connelsville,  twice;  at 
Greensburgh,  twice :  and  in  May,  at  the  conclusion  of  that 


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journey,  in  Trinity,  Pittsburgh,  twice  ;  and  in  St.  Paul's, 
Pittsburgh.     Last  Sunday,  I  preached  at  Hamiltonville. 

The  Lord's  Supper  I  have  administered  twenty  times,  in- 
cluding all  the  public  occasions  ;  and  the  sacrament  of  bap- 
tism to  seven  children,  besides  to  others  included  in  the  par- 
ochial reports.  I  have  solemnized  six  marriages;  and  offici- 
ated at  one  funeral,  not  otherwise  reported.  My  legal 
Record  of  Baptisms  and  Marriages  is  in  the  Parish  Regis- 
ter of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Philadelphia. 

Out  of  Philadelphia,  I  have  administered  the  ordinance  of 
Confirmation  as  follows.  At  Germantown,  I  confirmed  4 
persons;  at  Manayunk  3,  and  again  9,  total  12;  at  Church- 
town,  14  ;  at  Morgantown,  29,  11  being  from  St.  Mary's, 
then  rebuilding  ;  at  West  Vincent,  2  ;  at  Honeybrook,  6  ;  at 
Dovvningtown,  4;  at  Radnor,  11 ;  Piquea,  9  ;  at  Leacock  10; 
at  Paradise,  11,  and  again  3,  total  14;  at  Pottstown,  2  ;  at 
New  London  X  Roads,  2  ;  at  Mauch  Chunk,  1  ;  at  Athens,  5  ; 
at  Towanda,  5  ;  at  Troy,  8  ;  at  Smethport,  2  ;  at  Coudersport, 
5  ;  at  Wellsborough,  29  ;  at  the  Block  House  settlement,  3  ;  at 
Williamsport,  3;  at  Muncy,  4;  at  Danville,  7;  at  Schuylkill 
Haven,  5  ;  at  Minersville,  3  ;  at  Pottsville,  8,  including  a  sick 
person  confirmed  in  private  ;  (in  my  address  last  year,  I 
omitted  to  report  six  persons  confirmed  in  this  parish, 
Pottsville  ;)  at  Lower  Dublin,  S ;  at  Holmesburgh,  1  ;  at  Cen- 
terville,  3  ;  at  Newtown,  7  ;  at  Harrisburgh,  6  ;  at  Norristown, 
9  ;  at  Lancaster,  14  ;  at  York,  1  ;  in  Christ  Church,  Adams 
Co.,  2;  at  Carlisle,  3;  at  Perkiomen,  20;  at  Reading,  4;  at 
Hollidaysburgh,  5;  at  Blairsville,  4;  in  St.  Andrew's,  Pitts- 
burgh, 21 ;  in  Trinity,  Pittsburgh,  30  ;  at  Allegheny,  IS  ;  in 
St.  Paul's,  Beaver  Co.,  9  ;  at  Georgetown,  5  ;  at  Washington, 
4;  at  Brownsville,  5  ;  at  Uniontown,  9  ;  at  Manalen,  4;  at 
Connelsville,  5;  at  Greensburgh,  3;  at  Hamiltonville,  11. 

In  Philadelphia,  I  have  confirmed  as  follows: — in  St. 
John's  Church,  6,  and  again  7,  total  13;  Emanuel,  12,  and 
again  3,  total  15;  the^Nativity,  3,  including  a  sick  person 
confirmed  in  private  ;   All   Saints',  1  ;  St.  Thomas',  12  ;  Ad- 


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vent,  7;  St.  Paul's,  26  ;  St.  Stephen's,  10  ;  St.  Peter's,  33  ; 
Epiphany  58  ;  St.  Philip's,  26  ;  Christ  Church,  32  ;  Grace,  48  ; 
Trinity,  9  ;  Ascension,  20;  St.  Luke's,  19  ;  Evangelists,  23; 
St.  Andrew's,  54  ;  St.  Matthew's,  4. 

In  St.  James'  (Swedes)  Church,  Kingsessing,  I  preached 
in  July,  and  confirmed  14  persons.  In  Gloria  Dei  (Swedes ) 
Church,  Philadelphia,  I  preached  twice  in  February,  and 
confirmed  9  persons,  including  the  private  administration  of 
the  rite  to  a  sick  lady.  In  Christ  (Swedes)  Church,  Upper 
Merion,  I  preached  in  February. 

On  the  7th  of  August,  I  laid  the  corner  stone  of  All  Saints' 
Church,  Paradise.  On  May  13th,  I  laid  that  of  Advent 
Church,  N.  L.  Philadelphia. 

On  the  26th  of  October,  I  consecrated  St.  James'  Church, 
Downingtown  ;  a  plain  but  remarkably  tasteful  bulding,  and 
one  that  reflects  high  credit  on  those  who  contributed  to  its 
erection,  and  on  the  zealous  young  brother  who  animated 
and  directed  their  efforts :  it  is  so  arranged  that  the  prayers 
are  read  at  the  altar.  On  December  3rd,  I  consecrated  All 
Saints'  Church,  Paradise  ;  a  very  neat  and  beautiful  edifice, 
on  a  noble  site  :  much  individual  liberality  has  been  instru- 
mental in  this  good  work,  besides  the  zeal  and  perseverance 
of  the  excellent  pastor :  in  this  church  also,  the  prayers  are 
said  at  the  holy  table.  On  the  22nd  of  December,  I  conse- 
crated St.  Mary's  Church,  Warwick,  [formerly  East  Nant- 
meal ;]  a  building  which  takes  the  place  of  the  former  one, 
both,  I  believe,  erected  under  the  indefatigable  administration 
of  the  present  venerable  rector  :  it  is  a  substantial  edifice,  of 
handsome  appearance,  and^  well  arranged  for  our  services. 
On  the  7th  of  March,  I  consecrated  Christ  Chapel,  Oak  Grove; 
an  elegant  but  unpretending  structure,  very  creditable  to  the 
faithful  minister  who  officiates  there,  and  to  the  liberality 
and  taste  of  those  who  forwarded  and  completed  the  under- 
taking ;  which  promises  to  be  eminently  successful,  as  the 
pews  first  erected  are  all  taken,  requiring  others  to  be  put  up 
in  the  space  left  vacant :  it  is  a  chapel  of  All  Saints'  Church, 


Lower  Dublin  :  the  public  worship  is  conducted  at  the  altar, 
an  arrangement  which  is  now  becoming  quite  common  in 
this  diocese,  and  is  not  unknown  elsewhere,  and  which  I 
deem  far  preferable  to  any  other.  On  March  26th,  I  conse- 
crated St.  James  Church,  Perkiomen ;  it  is  a  beautiful  struc- 
ture, and  finished  in  very  good  .taste,  standing  among  ven- 
erable trees  ;  it  replaces  the  former  ancient  building  which 
was  some  120  years  old;  much  praise  is  due  to  the  rector 
and  congregation. 

I  again  record  my  sincere  and  grateful  acknowledgment 
of  the  hospitable  and  friendly  kindnesses  every  where  extend- 
ed to  me  on  my  journies :  my  heart  has  them  in  constant  and 
warm  remembrance.  I  also  acknowledge,  and  with  thanks, 
the  means  of  private  conveyance,  from  one  to  another  parish, 
so  frequently  provided  for  me  ;  a  favour,  for  the  continuance 
of  which  I  must  still  impose  on  my  good  friends.  And  espe- 
cially must  I  acknowledge  the  liberality  of  the  Vestry  of 
Trinity  Church,  Pittsburgh,  in  allowing  me  the  use  of  a  com- 
fortable carriage,  &c.  on  large  portions  of  my  journies  west 
of  the  mountains :  indeed,  we  all  know  that  this  parish  is 
never  wanting  in  acts  of  generosity. 

The  Ordinations  I  have  held,  during  the  past  year,  are  as 
follows : — 

On  Ascension-day,  May  25th,  in  St.  James'  Church,  Phila- 
delphia, I  admitted  the  Rev.  William  H.  Bourns,  deacon,  to 
the  holy  order  of  Priests. 

On  Sunday,  May  2Sth,  in  the  Church  of  the  Messiah, 
Philadelphia,  I  admitted  the  Rev.  Azariah  Prior,  deacon,  to 
the  holy  order  of  Priests. 

On  Sunday,  July  9th,  in  Christ  Church,  Philadelphia,  I 
admitted  George  G.  Field  and  Thomas  C.  Yarnall  to  the  holy 
order  of  Deacons. 

On  Sunday,  July  16th,  in  St.  Peter's  Church,  Philadelphia, 
I  admitted  Richard  M.  Abercrombie  to  the  holy  order  of 
Deacons. 

On  Sunday,  July  23rd,  in  St.  Paul's  Church,  Philadelphia, 


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I  admitted  Joseph  M.  Lybrand,  Henry  T.  Hiester,  Samuel 
P.  Nash,  and  William  H.  Woodward,  (formerly  a  dissenting 
minister  in  England,)  to  the  holy  order  of  Deacons. 

On  Sunday,  September  10th,  in  St.  Peter's  Church,  Phila- 
delphia, I  admitted  Roswell  Park  to  the  holy  order  of  Dea- 
cons. 

On  Thursday,  March  2Sth,  in  Christ  Church,  Reading,  I 
admitted  Peter  Russell  to  the  holy  order  of  Deacons,  and  the 
Rev.  Samuel   P.  Nash,  deacon,  to   the  holy  order  of  Priests. 

On  Sunday,  May  5th,  in  Trinity  Church,  Pittsburgh,  I  ad- 
mitted William  Johnstone  Bakewell,  (formerly  an  Unitarian 
minister  in  England  and  in  this  country,)  to  the  holy  order 
of  Deacons. 

On  Sunday,  May  19th,  in  St.  Mary's  Church,  Hamiltonville, 
I  admitted  the  Rev.  George  G.  Field,  Thomas  C.  Yarnall, 
and  Henry  T.  Hiester,  deacons,  to  the  holy  order  of  Priests. 

I  have  accepted  the  following  Letters  of  Dismission: — 
on  May  19th,  in  behalf  of  the  Rev.  Alexander  Crummell, 
deacon,  a  coloured  man,  from  the  clerical  members  of  the 
Standing  Committee  of  the  diocese  of  Rhode  Island: — on 
June  5th,  in  behalf  of  the  Rev.  Donald  Frazer,  from  Bishop 
Doane: — on  November  3rd,  in  behalf  of  the  Rev.  Thomas  M. 
(Hark,  from  Bishop  Eastburn  : — on  December  27th,  in  behalf 
of  the  Rev.  George  Emlen  Hare,  D.  D.  from  Bishop  Doane: 
—on  March  12th,  in  behalf  of  the  Rev.  William  J.  Clark, 
from  Bishop  Whittingham  : — on  April  6th,  in  behalf  of  the 
Rev.  Alexander  Varian,  from  Bishop  Mcllvaine  : — on  May 
10th,  in  behalf  of  the  Rev.  A.  Prior,  from  Bishop  Kemper: 
— on  May  17th,  in  behalf  of  the  Rev.  Wm.  C.  Cooley,  from 
Bishop  B.  T.  Onderdonk. 

Letters  of  Dismission  have  been  given  by  me  as  follows  : 
—in  behalf  of  the  Rev.  S.  W.  Hallowell,  and  the  Rev.  J.  M. 
Lybrand,  to  the  diocese  of  New  Jersey  : — in  behalf  of  the 
Rev.  W.  W.  Bronson,  and  the  Rev.  R.  Park  to  that  of 
Connecticut: — in  behalf  of  the  Rev.  R.  M.  Abercrombie,  to 
that  of  New  York :— in  behalf  of  the  Rev.  J.  May,  D.  D.  to 


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that  of  Virgitiia: — in  behalf  of  the  Rev.  A.  Prior,  to  the 
jurisdiction  of  Bishop  Kemper : — in  behalf  of  the  Rev.  J.  L. 
McKim,  to  the  diocese  of  Delaware  : — in  behalf  of  the  Rev. 
W.  H.  Rees,  the  Rev.  A.  A.  Miller,  and  the  Rev.  E.  Waylen, 
to  that  of  Maryland  : — in  behalf  of  the  Rev.  0.  Miller,  to 
that  of  Massachusetts. 

In  November  last,  it  pleased  God  to  take  from  his  labours 
to  (as  we  trust)  his  eternal  reward,  the  Rev.  John  A.  Clark, 
D.  D.  Dr.  Clark  succeeded  the  Rev.  Dr.  Bedell  in  the  rector- 
ship of  St.  Andrew's  Church,  in  this  city,  where  he  continued 
in  the  zealous  discharge  of  the  pastoral  duties  till  declining 
health  and  great  feebleness  compelled  him  to  resign.  He  is 
succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Thomas  M,  Clark. 

As  to  clerical  changes,  they  have  as  usual  been  too  many ; 
some  of  them  being  occasioned  by  the  meagre  support  given 
by  the  parishes  to  their  minister,  or,  too  frequently,  given  only 
in  part,  and  that  after  long  delays ;  a  miserable  parsimony 
and  breach  of  good  faith  !  an  infatuated  disregard  of  the 
cause  of  Christ  and  the  Church,  and  of  the  value  of  immor- 
tal souls  ! — The  Rev.  A.  Prior  has  resigned  the  Church  of  the 
Messiah,  Philadelphia,  and  taken  charge  of  that  at  Mana- 
yunk.  The  Rev.  0.  A.  Shaw  has  resigned  Newtown,  where 
lie  is  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  D.  Frazer.  The  Rev.  S.  C.  Stratton 
has  resigned  All  Saints',  Philadelphia,  where  the  Rev.  0.  A. 
Shaw  now  officiates.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Bull,  retaining  his  other 
two  parishesrhas  resigned  Churchtown,  where  he  is  succeed- 
ed by  the  Rev.  W.  J.  Clark.  The  Rev.  J.  Grigg  has  resigned  St. 
Timothy's,  Spring  Garden;  and  a  new  undertaking  takes  the 
place  of  that,  called  the  Church  of  the  Nativity,  the  Rev.  W. 
C.  Cooley  being  the  Rector.  The  Rev.  E.  C.  Jones  was  for 
some  time  the  minister  at  Pottstown  and  Morlattin,  but  ill 
health  has  compelled  him  to  relincmish  public  duties.  The 
Rev.  0.  Miller  has  resigned  Meadville,  and  the  Rev.  A. 
Varian  has  taken  his  place.  The  Rev.  F.  W.  Beasley  has 
resigned  Emanuel  Chapel,  Holmesburgh,  which  has  become 
a  separate  parish  from  that  of  All  Saints',  Lower  Dublin  ;  and 


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this  latter  with  Christ  Chapel,  Oak  Grove,  he  retains.  The 
Rev.  W.  J.  Bakewell  is  Assistant  minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  Pittsburgh.  The  Rev.  S.  P.  Nash  is  Rector  of 
Trinity  Church,  Carbondale :  the  Rev.  H.  T.  Hiester,  of  St. 
Mark's  Church,  Lewistown  :  the  Rev.  G.  G.  Field,  minister 
of  St.  John's,  Huntingdon  :  the  Rev.  T.  C.  Yarnall,  Rector  of 
St.  Mary's,  Hamiltonville.  The  Rev.  W.  Peck  has  resigned 
St.  Peter's,  G.  V.  but  retains  Radnor  Church.  The  Rev.  A. 
Crummell  (a  coloured  man)  officiates  in  a  coloured  congrega- 
tion in  Philadelphia. 

Further  clerical  arrangements  are  contained  in  the  list  of 
our  Missionaries. 

J  renew  the  leave  of  absence  to  the  Rev.  R.  Davis,  for  an- 
other year.  On  May  20th,  the  Rev.  E.  Neville  had  this 
leave  for  six  months;  and  on  November  13th,  the  Rev.  H.  J. 
Morton  had  the  same  for  the  same  period.  When  this  per- 
mission is  given  to  those  going  abroad,  I  always  understand 
it  to  date  from  the  time  of  leaving  the  United  States.  And 
the  Constitution  allows  two  months  absence  without  leave. 

It  will  be  recollected  that,  last  year,  I  placed  the  names  of 
three  clergymen  in  a  "Special  List,"  not  knowing  whether, 
as  Assistants  in  their  respective  parishes,  they  had  the  kind 
of  settlement  required  for  a  right  to  a  seat  in  the  Convention. 
Of  the  right  of  one  of  these  to  a  seat  I  am  now  convinced; 
and  also  that  another  of  them  has  not  that  right.  The  third 
has  ceased  to  hold  such  a  position. 

The  number  of  Candidates  for  Holy  Orders,  in  this  dio- 
cese is  31.  One  has  been  taken  from  us  by  our  divine  Mas- 
ter, Charles  Rockland  Thompson  ;  whose  excellence  of  char- 
acter and  talents,  and  devotedness  to  his  preparation  for  the 
ministry,  make  us  feel  that  his  death  is  a  loss  to  the  Church. 
Another,  S.  Hawkesly,  has  been  transferred  to  the  diocese  of 
New  York.  On  July  4th,  I  admitted  to  the  candidateship 
George  A.  Durboro  w  and  Samuel  Durborow.  On  August  3rd, 
I  admitted  David  C.  Macurdy,  Abel  Augustus  Marple,  Bar- 
clay Arney  Smith,  Dudley  Atkins  Tyng,  and  Benjamin 
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Wistar  Morris.  On  September  5th,  Jonathan  Pinkney 
G.  Hammond  and  Ormes  B.  Keith.  On  January  2nd,  Thomas 
Rutherford.  On  April  2nd,  William  Richards  Grier,  William 
Suddards  Jr.,  and  William  F.  Bryant.  On  May  2 1st,  Robert  J. 
Parvin. — The  List  of  Candidates  I  now  hand  to  the  Secretary. 

Our  Society  for  the  Advancement  of  Christianity  continues 
its  valuable  efforts  in  the  cause  of  Missions  in  this  diocese  ; 
and  I  am  happy  to  say  that  its  prospects  are  more  encourag- 
ing than  they  have  been  for  nearly  two  years  past.  It  is  the 
favourite  institution  of  the  diocese,  as  it  well  deserves  to  be, 
from  its  usefulness,  from  its  steady  but  unostentatious  perse- 
verance, and  from  its  having  had  the  expressed  confidence  of 
the  Convention  for  thirty-three  years.  Were  its  friends  to 
make  larger  contributions  for  its  support,  it  would  confer  yet 
greater  benefits  on  our  portion  of  the  church.  And  we  need 
all  that  can  be  done  for  us,  in  this  stronghold  of  prejudice  and 
bigotry  against  apostolic  principles  and  apostolic  order. 

The  anniversary  of  the  Society  was  celebrated  on  the  eve- 
ning of  the  Epiphany,  in  St.  Andrew's  church;  when  the 
Rev.  T.  M.  Clark  and  W.  H.  Odenheimer  conducted  the 
service,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Ogilby  preached. 

During  the  past  year  one  missionary  resigned,  and  his  place 
has  been  supplied  by  the  appointment  of  another ;  one  also 
appointed  during  the  year  has  resigned.  The  missionaries 
now  employed  by  the  Society  are  27  in  number.  Their 
names  and  places  of  officiating  are  as  follows : 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Adderly,  at  Blairsville  and  Greensburgh. 

The  Rev.  William  Adderly,  at  Fallston  and  St.  Paul's 
church,  Beaver  county. 

The  Rev.  William  W.  Arnett,  at  Uniontown  and  Manalen. 

The  Rev.  James  Bonnar,  at  Hollidaysburgh. 

The  Rev.  Charles  Breck,  at  Wellsborough,  and  parts  adja- 
cent. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Crumpton,  at  Alleghany. 

The  Rev.  Marcus  K.  Cushman,  at  New  Milford  and  Mont 
rose. 


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The  Rev.  William  N.  Diehl,  at  Whitemarsh. 

The  Rev.  George  C.  Drake,  at  Schuylkill  Haven  and 
Minersville. 

The  Rev.  William  Hilton,  at  Kittanning,  and  parts  adja- 
cent, and  at  Freeport. 

The  Rev.  Marrnaduke  Hirst,  at  Phoenixville. 

The  Rev.  George  Kirk,  at  New  London  X  Roads  and 
West  Marlborough. 

The  Rev.  Freeman  Lane,  at  Troy. 

The  Rev.  Edwin  N.  Lightner,  at  Muncy,  and  parts  adja- 
cent. 

The  Rev.  Milton  C.  Lightner,  deacon,  at  Danville,  and  parts 
adjacent. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  T.  Lord,  at  Philipsburg  and  Clearfield. 

The  Rev.  John  J.  McElhinny,  at  Connelsville  and  Pike  Run. 

The  Rev.  John  H.  Marsden,  at  Christ  church,  and  Christ 
church  chapel,  Adams  county. 

The  Rev.  Tobias  H.  Michell,  at  Waterford  and  Franklin. 

The  Rev.  George  W.  Natt,  at  Belle  Fonte  and  Lock  Haven. 

The  Rev.  John  B.  Pradt,  at  Coudersport  and  Smethport. 

The  Rev.  Peter  Russell,  deacon,  at  Mauch  Chunk. 

The  Rev.  Richard  Smith,  at  Springville,  and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  George  Watson,  at  Athens,  and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  Joshua  Weaver,  at  Sunbury,  and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  William  White,  at  Butler,  and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  Christian  Wiltberger,  at  Yardleyville,  Centre- 
ville,  and  Hulmeville. 

There  are  four  beneficiaries,  preparing  for  holy  orders,  with 
the  aid  of  the  Education  Committee  of  the  Society  for  the 
Advancement  of  Christianity. 

The  Ladies'  Tract  Society,  which  is  auxiliary  to  the  Society 
for  Advancement,  is  untiring  in  its  useful  labours.  And  so 
is  the  Ladies'  Association  for  supplying  theological  books  to 
some  of  our  feebler  parishes,  for  the  benefit,  more  especially, 
of  their  respective  ministers.  So  likewise  is  the  Ladies" 
Prayer  Book  Society,  whose  stereotype  plates  are  the  stand- 


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ard  of  that  book,  the  best  of  all  books,  except  the  Holy 
Bible.  In  all  these  institutions,  the  unostentatious  zeal  of 
female  episcopalians  is  admirably  exerted,  and  it  is  worthy  of 
much  more  liberal  contributions  than  it  has  yet  received. 

I  regret  that  I  must  apply  the  same  remark  to  the  funds  of 
the  Bishop  White  Prayer  Book  Society.  It  has  indeed 
resumed  the  distribution  of  prayer  books,  which  was  suspend- 
ed when  I  last  addressed  you ;  but  its  resources  are  far  more 
limited  than  ought  to  be  allowed  by  churchmen,  zealous  for 
the  cause  of  the  Zion  of  the  Living  God. 

Brethren  :  Whatever  be  the  measure  of  increase  and 
prosperity  granted  to  our  diocese  by  the  divine  Head  of  the 
Church,  it  is  our  plain  duty  to  further  them  by  all  righteous 
means.  This  duty  you  can  fulfil  in  your  respective  parishes, 
and  in  such  further  scenes  of  influence  as  Providence  may 
open  to  you.  Nor  will  our  proceedings  in  this  assembly  be 
without  bearing  on  these  important  interests,  dear  to  us  all.  ■ 
May  the  Almighty  give  us  grace  to  discharge  this  and  all  our 
duties,  with  an  enlightened  judgment,  a  clear  conscience,  and 
a  single  eye  to  His  glory  ! 

H.  U.  Onderdonk. 

Philadelphia,  May  22d,  1844. 


The  Bishop  then  laid  on  the  table  a  list  of  the  Candidates 
for  Holy  Orders  in  the  Diocese,  as  follows : 

LIST  OF  CANDIDATES  FOR  HOLY  ORDERS 

In  the  Diocese  of  Pennsylvania,  May  22,  1844. 

Henry  M.  Denison — since  April  6,  1841. 
Nicholas  Collin  Hughes — since  June  29,  1841. 
John  B.  Colhoun,  M.  D.— since  Sept.  28,  1841. 
Edwin  Mendenhall — since  Sept.  28,  1841. 
Thomas  L.  Franklin — since  Sept.  2S,  1S41. 
Joseph  Hicks  Smith — since  Sept.  28,  1841. 
Edmund  Leaf— since  Sept.  28,  1841. 


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Edwin  Harwood — since  Nov.  2,  1841. 
Henry  Eglinton  Montgomery — since  Jan.  5,  1842. 
Augustus  B.  Tizzard — since  March  1,  1S42. 
Samuel  Stones,  M.  D. — since  May  5,  1S42. 
Erasmus  James  P.  Messinger — since  Sept.  6,  1842. 
Albert  William  Duy — since  Nov.  2,  1842. 
Samuel  Moorhouse — since  Feb.  7,  1S43. 
Robert  Phipps — since  Feb.  7,  1843. 
George  Whitfield  Timlow — since  May  2,  1S43. 
John  W.  Shackleford — since  May  2,  1843. 
George  A.  Durborow — since  July  4,  1843. 
Samuel  Durborow — since  July  4,  1843. 
David  H.  Macurdy — since  August  3,  1843. 
Abel  Augustus  Marple — since  August  2,  1843. 
Barclay  Arney  Smith — since  August  3,  1843. 
Dudley  Atkins  Tyng — since  August  3,  1843. 
Benjamin  Wistar  Morris — since  August  3,  1843. 
Jonathan  Pinkney  Hammond — since  Sept.  5,  1843. 
Ormes  B.  Keith — since  Sept.  5,  1843. 
Thomas  G.  Rutherford — since  January  2,  1844. 
William  Richards  Gries — since  April  2,  1S44. 
William  Suddards,  Jr. — since  April  2,  1 844. 
William  F.  Bryant — since  April  2,  1844. 
Robert  J.  Parvin — since  May  21,  1S44. 

Total,  31. 

H.  U.  Onderdonk. 
Philadelphia,  May  22,  1844. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Colton  then  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  a  majority  is  sufficient  to  elect  the  officers 
and  Committees,  provided  for  in  the  6th  Article  of  the  Con- 
stitution of  this  Diocese. 

Pending  the  consideration  of  this  Resolution, 

The  Convention  adjourned. 

G.  M.  Wharton,  Secretary. 


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St.  Andrew's  Church,  Philadelphia. 

Wednesday,  May  22nd,  1844,  5  o'clock, 

The  Convention  met,  and  the  Roll  being  called,  the  Min- 
utes of  the  morning  session  were  read  and  approved. 

Mr.  Charles  C.  Boyd,  and  Mr.  Benjamin  F.  Johnson,  Lay 
Deputies,  presented  their  certificates  and  took  their  seats,  and 
Messrs.  Henry  G.  Freeman,  Frederick  Grosscup,  Richard  P. 
Lardner,  Wm.  B.  McClure,  Caspar  Morris,  Francis  B. 
Nichols,  John  C.  Pechin,  John  Rosencrantz,Thos.  Robinson, 
Abraham  W.  Sharpless,  Samuel  Swift,  Bethnel  B.  Vincent, 
and  Courtland  Yardley,  Lay  Deputies,  not  before  present, 
answered  to  their  names  and  took  their  seats. 

The  House  then  resumed  the  consideration  of  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Colton's  resolution,  and  without  determining  the  same, 
adjourned. 

G.  M.  Wharton,  Secretary. 


St.  Andrew's  Church,  Philadelphia. 
Thursday,  May  23,  1844,  9  o'clock,  A.  M. 

The  Convention  assembled  at  the  call  of  the  Bishop. 
Morning  Prayers  were  read  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Pradt.  The 
Roll  was  then  called,  and  the  following  Lay  Delegates,  not 
before  present,  answered  to  their  names,  viz.  Messrs.  D.  W. 
McCormick,  L.  G.  Pearce,  and  Thomas  R.  Trimble.  The 
Minutes  of  the  previous  meeting  were  then  read  and  ap- 
proved. 

By  the  unanimous  consent  of  the  House,  the  further  con- 
sideration of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Colton's  resolution  was  postponed 
for  the  purpose  of  permitting  the  following  Resolution  to  be 
submitted  by  Mr.  Ashurst,  viz. 

Resolved,  That  a  Committee  be  appointed  to  report  on  the 
title  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Van  Pelt  to  a  seat  in  this  body. 

The  Resolution  was  carried,  and  the  following  Committee 
appointed  by  the  chair,  viz.  Mr.  L.  R.  Ashurst,  Rev.  Dr. 
Bowman,  and  Mr.  Henry  Reed. 


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The  Convention  then  resumed  the  consideration  of  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Colton's  resolution,  submitted  yesterday. 

On  motion  of  John  Reed,  Esq.,  the  same  was,  after  dis- 
cussion, laid  on  the  table  for  the  present. 

The  Secretary  of  the  Standing  Committee  laid  on  the  table 
the  Charters  of  St.  James'  Church,  Downingtown,  and  Trinity 
Church,  Washington,  as  approved  by  the  Bishop  and  Stand- 
ing Committee.  The  same  were,  on  motion,  referred  to  the 
Committee  on  Charters. 

The  Secretary  of  the  Standing  Committee  also  laid  on  the 
table,  the  reports  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  Episcopal  Fund, 
and  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  Convention  Fund,  and  of  the 
Treasurer  of  the  Christmas  Fund,  severally  audited  and 
approved. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Upfold,  it  was  Resolved,  That 
the  election  of  Officers  and  Committees  be  made  the  order  for 
this  day  at  12  o'clock,  M. 

The  following  Report  was  presented  by  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Suddards : 

The  Committee  appointed  by  the  Convention  to  inquire 

into  the  claim  of  the  Rev.  R.  Halt  to  a  seat  in  the 

Convention,  respectfully  report. 

That  Mr.  Hall  was  Rector  of  St.  Mary's,  Hamiltonville,  up 
to  Easter,  1843,  when  he  resigned  the  charge  of  that  parish  in 
consequence  of  ill-health.  At  the  last  Convention  he  reported 
this  fact  to  the  Bishop  in  these  words,  "It  becomes  my  painful 
duty  to  announce  to  the  Bishop  my  resignation  of  the  charge  of 
this  interesting  and  growing  parish,  on  account  of  physical  in- 
ability to  perform  the  duties  of  it."  Mr.  Kail  has  been 
actually  personally  and  canonically  resident  within  the  State 
for  the  space  of  twelve  calendar  months,  and  is  believed  by 
the  committee  to  have  been  during  the  same  period  in  such 
a  state  of  "  infirm  health  "  as  to  render  him  physically  unable 
to  discharge  the  duties  of  a  regular  Clergyman  having  charge 
of  a  parish.     For  which  reasons  the  Committee  are  of  opinion 


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that  Mr.  Hall  is  entitled  to  a  seat  and  recommend  him  accord- 
ingly.    All  which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

On  behalf  of  the.  Committee, 

W.  Sui>dards,  Chairman. 

When,  on  motion,  it  was  Resolved,  that  the  Rev.  Richard 
D.  Hall  is  entitled  to  a  seat  in  this  Convention.  The  name 
of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Hall  was  then  called  by  the  Secretary, 
whereupon,  he  answered  to  his  name,  and  took  his  seat. 

The  following  Report  was  presented  and  read  from  the 
Trustees  of  the  Christmas  Fund. 

The  Trustees  of  the  Christmas  Fund  for  disabled  Clergy- 
men in  the  Diocese  of  Pennsylvania,  respectfully  report : 

That  they  have  received  during  the  past  year  no  new 
application  for  the  benefit  of  the  trust,  and  there  continues  to 
be  but  the  one  individual,  mentioned  in  the  last  annual 
report,  in  receipt  of  any  of  its  funds,  to  whom  two  hundred 
dollars  per  annum  is  still  appropriated. 

There  has  been  received  since  the  last  annual  report 
$154,57,  of  which  $37,50  was  from  several  churches  for  col- 
lections made  on  the  Christmas  of  1842,  and  the  residue 
interest  on  moneys  temporarily  invested.  There  is  now  in 
the  Treasurer's  hands,  a  balance  of  $217,57,  and  there  is, 
subject  to  be  converted  into  money  when  required,  the  further 
sum  of  $1S00  invested  in  city  of  Philadelphia  5  per  stock. 

In  view  of  these  facts,  and  in  the  exercise  of  the  authority 
vested  in  them  by  the  Convention,  the  Trustees  recommended 
the  omission  of  the  collections  for  the  fund  on  Christmas  last, 
and  it  is  believed  none  were  made. 

By  order  and  on  behalf  of  the  Trustees. 

Wm.  H.  Newbold,  Secretary. 

Philadelphia,  May  13th,  1S44. 

The  Committee  on  Charters  presented  the  following  Report, 
with  an  accompanying  resolution,  which  was  adopted  : 


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The  Committee  on  Charters  report  : 

That  they  have  examined  the  Charter  of  Incorporation,  as 
amended,  of  Christ  church,  at  Towanda,  in  Bradford  county; 
that  of  Christ  church,  Hollidaysburg,  Huntingdon  county; 
that  of  St.  James'  church,  Kingsessing  ;  that  of  St.  James' 
church,  Downingtown,  Chester  county ;  and  that  of  Trinity 
church,  in  the  borough  of  Washington  ;  and  also  the  Articles 
of  Association  of  Emanuel  church,  Holmesburg,  in  the  county 
of  Philadelphia,  and  have  found  them  to  be  in  accordance 
with  the  Constitution  and  Canons.  They  therefore  beg  leave 
to  submit  the  following  resolution,  viz: 

Resolved,  That  Christ  church,  Towanda,  Bradford  county, 
Christ  church,  Hollidaysburg,  Huntingdon  county ;  St.  James' 
church,  Kingsessing,  Philadelphia  county;  St.  James' church, 
Downingtown,  Chester  county;  Trinity  church,  Washington, 
Washington  county,  and  Emanuel  church, Holmesburg,  Phila- 
delphia county,  be,  and  they  hereby  are,  admitted  into  union 
with  this  Convention. 

Edward  Y.  Buchanan,  Chairman. 


Mr.  James  S.  Smilh  offered  the  following  amendment  to 
the  First  Section  of  the  Revised  Regulations,  viz. 

Strike  out  the  first  section  of  the  Second  Revised  Regula- 
tions, and  substitute  therefor  the  following. 
A  Secretary  shall  be  chosen  at  every  Annual  Convention, 
by  ballot,  after  viva  voce  nominations.  If  but  one  person  is 
nominated,  the  balloting  shall  be  dispensed  with.  The  Sec- 
retary shall  continue  in  office  until  the  meeting  of  the  next 
Convention,  and  until  his  successor  is  chosen.  He  shall  attend 
at  the  time  and  place  appointed  for  the  meeting  of  the  Con- 
vention, shall  receive  the  testimonials  of  those  who  shall  there 
attend  as  Lay  Deputies,  and  shall  record  the  names  of  those 
who  present  testimonials  in  the  form  prescribed  by  the  Canon. 
The  insertion  by  the  Secretary,  in  the  list  so  made  by  him, 

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of  the  name  of  any  person  who  has  presented  a  testimonial 
of  his  appointment  as  a  Deputy,  shall  be  prima  facie  evi- 
dence of  the  right  of  such  a  person  to  a  seat ;  but  as  soon  as 
the  House  is  duly  organized,  a  Committee  on  Elections  shall 
be  appointed,  to  whom  the  testimonalsof  Lay  Deputies  shall 
be  referred. 

["  The  Secretary  may  with  the  approbation  of  the  House, 
appoint  an  Assistant  Secretary."]  If  during  the  recess  of  the 
Convention  a  vacancy  should  occur  in  the  office  of  Secretary, 
the  duties  thereof  shall  devolve  upon  the  Assistant  Secretary,  if 
there  be  one  ;  if  not,  or  if  the  Assistant  Secretary  shall  die  or 
resign,  a  Secretary  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Standing  Com- 
mittee. 

Rev.  Dr.  Tyng  moved  to  amend  the  same  by  striking  out 
the  following  words,  viz.  "The  Secretary  may  with  the  ap- 
probation of  the  House  appoint  an  Assistant  Secretary,"  and 
inserting  the  following,  viz.  "There  shall  also  be  appointed  by 
the  Convention,  in  the  same  manner,  an  Assistant  Secretary. 

Which  amendment  was  adopted.  The  amendment  to  the 
Revised  Regulations,  as  amended  above,  was  then  adopted. 

The  following  Report  was  presented  and  read,  viz. 

The  Committee  to  which  was  referred  the  claim  of  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Van  Pelt  to  a  seat  in  this  Convention,  respectfully  report, 
that  by  the  4th  Article  of  the  Constitution,  "  Every  Clergy- 
man of  the  Church,  of  whatever  order,  being  a  settled  minister 
of  some  Parish  within  this  State,  shall  be  entitled  to  a  seat 
and  vote  in  Convention,  if  he  has  been  actually  and  person- 
ally as  well  as  canonically  resident  within  this  State  for  the 
space  of  twelve  calendar  months,  next  before  the  meeting  of 
the  Convention,  and  has  for  the  same  period  been  employed  in 
performing  the  duties  of  his  station." 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Van  Pelt  was  appointed  in  Sept.  1S42,  an 
assistant  to  the  Rector  of  the  Church  of  the  Epiphany,  by  the 
Vestry  of  the  said  Church,  for  one  year  from  the  1st  of  Oct. 


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following,  and  again  in  Sept.  1843.  was  re-appointed  in  the 
same  form  for  one  year  further. 

The  Committee  consider  it  due  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  Van  Pelt, 
to  report  immediately  the  facts  of  the  case,  without  that  delay 
which  would  be  necessary  for  a  full  report  on  it,  and  leave 
the  Convention  to  decide  whether  his  appointment  is  such  as 
to  make  him  a  settled  minister  within  the  terms  of  the  Con- 
stitution. 

Lewis  R.  Ashurst,  Chairman. 

Mr.  Ashurst  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Rev.  Peter  Van  Pelt  be  admitted  to  a 
seat  in  this  Convention — which  was  adopted.  The  Rev.  Mr. 
Van  Pelt  being  called,  answered  to  his  name  and  took  his 
seat. 

The  hour  of  12  o'clock  having  arrived,  the  Convention  pro- 
ceeded, according  to  the  previous  order,  to  the  election  of 
Officers  and  Committees.  The  Rev.  Messrs.  Bowman  and 
Rodney  being  appointed  Tellers  on  the  part  of  the  Clergy, 
and  Messrs.  West  and  Osmon  Reed  on  the  part  of  the  Laity. 
The  balloting  having  commenced,  and  while  the  Tellers  were 
engaged  in  counting  the  votes,  the  minutes  of  the  Standing 
Committee  were  laid  upon  the  table  by  its  Secretary,  the 
Rev.  Dr.  Dorr.  One  hundred  copies  of  the  last  Report  of  the 
Society  for  the  Advancement  of  Christianity  in  Pennsylvania 
were  also  laid  upon  the  table  for  the  use  of  the  members. 

On  motion  of  Rev.  Mr.  Spear,  it  was  Resolved,  That  a 
Committee  be  appointed  to  inquire  what  number  of  Trustees 
of  the  General  Theological  Seminary  this  Diocese  is  entitled 
to,  and  whether  any  vacancies  in  the  same  now  exist. 

The  Committee  appointed  were  Rev.  Messrs.  Spear  and 
Ogilby,  and  Mr.  Cope. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Bourns,  it  was  Resolved,  That 
the  Secretary  be  authorized  to  print  500  copies  of  the  Journal ; 
that  the  Constitution,  Canons,  and  Revised  Regulations  be 
appended  thereto  ;  and  that  500  copies  extra  of  the  said  Con- 
stitution, Canons,  and  Revised  Regulations  be  also  printed. 


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On  motion  of  Rev.  Dr.  Boyd,  it  was  Resolved,  That  the 
Committee  contemplated  in  the  ]  7th  Canon  of  this  Conven- 
tion; to  draft  a  report  of  the  state  of  the  Church  in  this 
Diocese,  to  be  presented  to  the  General  Convention  be  now 
appointed. 

The  Chair  nominated  Rev.  Dr.  Boyd,  Rev.  Mr.  Odenheimer, 
Rev.  Dr.  Ducachet,  and  Messrs.  Ralston  and  Welsh. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Morgan  moved,  that  hereafter  the  widow 
(during  her  widowhood)  or  children  under  the  age  of  sixteen 
years,  of  every  Clergyman,  who,  at  the  time  of  his  decease, 
was  canonically  connected  with  the  Diocese,  shall  receive  an 
appropriation  not  exceeding  $250  per  annum. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  J.  S.  Smith,  this  Resolution  was  referred 
to  the  Trustees  of  the  Christmas  Fund,  with  instructions  to 
report  as  soon  as  practicable. 

On  motion  of  Rev.  Dr.  Upfold,  a  Committee  on  unfinished 
business  was  appointed,  consisting  of  Rev.  Messrs.  Upfold 
and  Natt. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Colton  submitted  the  following  as  an  amend- 
ment to  the  second  paragraph  of  the  Sixth  Article  of  the 
Constitution  :  viz. 

All  Officers  and  Committees  appointed  by  ballot,  must,  in 
order  to  their  election,  receive  a  majority  of  the  votes  of  the 
clerical  members,  and  of  the  lay  representations  ;  Provided 
always,  that  a  majority  of  those  entitled  to  vote  at  the  time 
of  election,  are  then  in  the  house. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Ducachet  moved  to  lay  the  proposition  on 
the  table.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Spear  moved  to  amend  this  motion 
by  adding  "  and  that  it  be  made  the  order  for  i  past  5  o'clock, 
P.  1YJ.  of  this  day," — which  amendment  prevailed — and  the 
original  motion,  as  amended,  was  then  carried. 

Mr.  James  S.  Smith  offered  the  following  Resolutions, 
which  were  adopted,  viz. 

Resolved,  That  $300  be  appropriated  towards  the  payment 
ol  mileage  to  the  Rectors  of  such  churches  as  have  made 


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contributions  to  the  Convention  Fund  for  the  current  year — 
and  that  the  Treasurer  be  authorized  to  pay  the  same  to  such 
clergymen  as  make  application,  pro  rata,  according  to  their 
actual  expenses. 

Resolved,  That  until  the  next  Convention,  the  actual  ex- 
penses of  the  Bishop  upon  Episcopal  visitations,  be  paid  out 
of  the  Convention  Fund,  provided  that  the  amount  so  paid 
does  not  exceed  the  sum  of  Three  hundred  dollars. 

Mr.  G.  M.  Wharton  moved,  that  the  next  annual  meeting 
of  the  Convention  be  held  in  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Philadel- 
phia, on  the  3rd  Tuesday  of  May,  A.  D.  1845,  at  6  o'clock, 
P.  M. 

It  was  moved  to  amend  this  motion  by  substituting  "  St. 
Peter's  Church  "  in  the  place  of  "  St.  Andrew's  Church," 
which  was  lost.  It  was  again  moved  to  amend  by  substi- 
tuting "  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Pittsburg,"  for  "  St.  Andrew's 
Church,  Philadelphia,"  which  was  also  lost.  The  original 
motion  was  then  carried. 

The  Secretary  then  reported  to  the  chair  that  there  were 
69  clerical  members  of  the  Convention,  and  75  Lay  Repre- 
sentations therein. 

The  Tellers,  having  completed  the  counting  of  the  votes, 
reported,  that  the  Rev.  Messrs.  Dorr  and  Morton,  of  the 
Clergy,  and  Messrs.  Thos.  Robins,  G.  M.  Wharton,  and 
James  S.  Newbold,  of  the  Laity,  had  received  respectively  a 
majority  of  the  votes  of  all  the  clerical  members  present  in 
the  Convention,  and  of  the  Lay  representations,  for  mem- 
bers of  the  Standing  Committee  of  the  Diocese,  and  that 
no  others  of  the  Candidates  voted  for  had  received  a  like 
majority.  The  Tellers  also  reported,  that  none  of  the  persons 
voted  for  as  Deputies  to  the  General  Convention  of  the 
Church  had  received  a  majority  of  the  votes  of  both  orders. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  T.  IL  Michell,  it  was  Resolved. 
that  the  thanks  of  the  Convention  be  tendered  to  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Beasley  for  his  appropriate  and  excellent  sermon  de- 
livered before  this  Body,  at  its  present  session. 


On  motion  of  Mr.  Thos.  K.  Bull,  it  was  Resolved.,  That 
the  thanks  of  the  Convention  be  tendered  to  the  Vestry  of 
St.  Andrew's  Church  for  the  use  of  their  building  for  the  pur- 
poses of  the  Convention. 

The  Convention  then  adjourned. 

G.  M.  Wharton,  Secretary. 


Philadelphia,  St.  Andrew's  Church,  ~) 
Thursday,  May  23,  1844,  5  o'clock,  P.M.   $ 

The  Convention  met  at  the  call  of  the  Bishop.  The  Roll 
was  then  called,  when  Messrs.  Horace  Binney,  and  Clement 
S.  Rutter,  Lay  Deputies,  for  the  first  time  answered  to  their 
names  and  took  their  seats.  The  minutes  of  the  Morning 
Session  were  then  read  and  approved. 

On  motion,  the  Convention  proceeded  to  another  ballot  for 
the  remaining  members  of  the  Standing  Committee,  and  for 
the  other  Committees  and  Officers  of  the  Convention.  The 
same  Tellers  acting,  as  in  the  morning. 

While  the  Tellers  were  engaged  in  counting  the  votes,  on 
motion  of  Mr.  Aertsen,  Resolved,  That  Messrs.  Wm.  H. 
Newbold,  Moses  Kempton,  Robert  Toland  and  John  Welsh, 
Jr.,  be  elected  Trustees  of  the  Christmas  Fund  for  disabled 
Clergymen. 

The  names  of  the  Clergy  were  then  called  over,  in  obedience 
to  the  fourth  of  the  Revised  Regulations,  for  the  purpose  of 
ascertaining  whether  a  collection  had  been  made  for  the 
Convention  Fund,  when  it  appeared,  from  answers  given  at 
the  time,  that  collections  had  been  made  by  the  Rev.  Messrs. 
William  Adderly,  Levi  Bull, 

William  W.  Arnett,  Robert  B.  Claxton, 

James  Bonnar,  John  B.  Clemson, 

William  H.  Bourns,  John  Coleman, 

Samuel  Bowman,  Asa  S.  Colton, 

Charles  Breck,  Thomas  Crumpton, 

Edward  Y.  Buchanan,  Marcus  K.  Cushman, 


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William  N.  Diehl, 
Benjamin  Dorr, 
Jacob  M.  Douglass, 
George  C.  Drake, 
Henry  W.  Dncachet, 
William  Hilton, 
John  J.  Kerr, 
George  Kirke, 
Edwin  N.  Lightner, 
Milton  C.  Lightner, 
Samuel  T.  Lord, 
Henry  Major, 
John  H.  Marsden, 
John  G.  Maxwell, 
Tobias  H.  Mich  ell, 
Geo.  Mintzer, 
Richard  U.  Morgan, 
Jacob  B.  Morss, 
H.  J.  Morton, 
George  W.  Natt, 


Edmund  Neville, 
Richard  Newton, 
William  H.  Norris, 
William  H.  Odenheimer, 
Willie  Peck, 
William  S.  Perkins, 
Greenbury  W.  Ridgely, 
John  Rodney,  Jr., 
Joshua  M.  Rogers, 
Owen  E.  Shannon, 
George  Sheets, 
Richard  Smith, 
Nathan  Stem, 
William  Suddards, 
Stephen  H.  Tyng, 
George  Up  fold, 
Joshua  Weaver, 
William  White, 
Christian  Wiltberger,  Jr., 


Enos  Woodward. 

The  Tellers  being  prepared  to  report,  made  report,  that 
Messrs.  Horace  Binney  and  James  S.  Smith  had  received 
the  votes  of  a  majority  of  both  orders,  as  Lay  Deputies  to  the 
General  Convention,  and  that  none  of  the  other  candidates 
voted  for,  had  received  a  like  majority. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Tyng  then  moved,  that  a  Committee  of  con- 
ference be  appointed,  of  four  Clergymen  and  four  Laymen, 
to  prepare  and  propose  a  ticket  for  the  Standing  Committee, 
and  the  General  Convention. 

Mr.  T.  K.  Bull  moved  to  amend,  by  striking  out  the  word 
"  four"  where  it  occurred  in  the  Resolution, and  insert  "two," 
viz.  the  Rev.  Dr.  Tyng,  and  the  Rev.  Dr.  Dorr  of  the  Clergy, 
and  Messrs.  Binney  and  Woodward  of  the  Laity."  This 
amendment  was  accepted  by  the  mover  of  the  Resolution. 
The  vote  on  the  passage  of  the  Resolution  as  amended,  was 
then  required  by  the  requisite  number,  to  be  taken  by  orders. 


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— which  being  done,  it  appeared  that  fifty-one  Clerical  mem- 
bers and  sixty-two  Lay  representations  voted  in  the  affirma- 
tive— and  that  eleven  Clerical  members  and  four  Lay  re- 
presentations voted  in  the  negative.  The  Resolution  was 
therefore  adopted. 

The  Convention  then  adjourned. 

G.  M.  Wharton,  Secretary. 


St.  Andrew's  Church,  Philadelphia.  > 
Friday,  May  24,  1844,  9  o'clock,  A.  M.  5 

The  Bishop  called  the  Convention  to  order.  Morning 
prayers  were  read  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Mintzer.  The  calling  of 
the  Roll  was  then  dispensed  with,  on  motion,  and  the  minutes 
of  the  last  meeting  read  and  approved.  The  Hon.  Judge 
Woodward,  from  the  Committee  of  Conference  appointed 
last  evening,  made  report  of  the  following  Ticket  as  agreed 
to  be  submitted  to  the  Convention  :  viz. 

Standing  Committee. 

Rev.  Jehu  C.  Clay,  D.  D.,  William  Musgrave, 

"    Richard  Newton,  Richard  S.  Smith. 

"    Thomas  M.  Clark, 

Deputies  to  the  General  Convention. 

Rev.  George  Upfold,  D.  D.,  John  N.  Conyngham, 

"    Levi  Bull,  Herman  Cope. 

"    Stephen  H.  Tyng,  D.  D., 
"    Samuel  Bowman,  D.  D., 

On  motion  of  Judge  Woodward,  the  Convention  proceeded 
to  a  third  ballot,  the  same  Tellers  acting  as  before.  The 
Tellers  thereupon  reported  that  the  following  persons  had 
received  a  majority  of  the  votes  of  both  orders,  viz. 


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Standing  Com  ?n  it  tee. 

Rev.  Jehu  C.  Clay,  D.  D.,  William  Musgrave, 

"    Richard  Newton,  Richard  S.  Smith. 

••    Thomas  M.  Clark, 

Deputies  to  the  General  Convention. 

Rev.  George  Upfold,  D.  D.,  Herman  Cope. 

"    Levi  Bull, 

"    Stephen  H.  Tyng,  D.  D., 
"    Samuel  Bowman,  D.  D., 

And  that  certain  votes,  amounting  in  the  whole  to  a  majority 
of  the  votes  of  both  orders,  had  been  cast  for  John  N.  Con- 
yngham,  John  H.  Conyngham,  and  John  M.  Conyngham, 
as  Deputy  to  the  General  Convention.  Whereupon,  on. 
motion  of  G.  W.  Woodward,  it  was  Resolved,  That  the 
votes  given  for  John  M.  Conyngham  and  John  H.  Con- 
yngham, respectively  be  counted  for  John  N.  Conyngham — 
and  the  said  John  N.  Conyngham  was  accordingly  declared 
to  have  received  the  votes  of  a  majority  of  both  orders. 

Mr.  Thos.  K.  Bull  moved  that  the  Convention  now  take 
up  for  consideration  the  proposed  alteration  to  the  Constitu- 
tion, offered  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Colton.  The  question  on  this 
motion  was  required  to  be  taken  by  orders — and  the  vote 
being  so  taken,  it  appeared  that  19  Clerical  members,  and  24 
Lay  Representations  had  voted  in  the  affirmative,  and  42 
Clerical  members  and  34  Lay  representations  in  the  nega- 
tive.    The  motion  was  therefore  lost. 

Leave  of  absence  was,  on  motion,  granted  to  Dr.  Jenks 
and  Mr.  Briggs,  for  the  residue  of  the  session. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Stem  offered  the  following  as  an  amend- 
ment to  the  -4th  Article  of  the  Constitution — viz:  That  the 
4th  Article  of  the  Constitution  be  amended  by  striking  out 
the  word  "twelve"  in  the  13th  line, before  " Calendar,''  and 

inserting  "  nine." 

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On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Ridgley,  it  was  Resolved,  to 
refer  the  foregoing  to  a  Committee  to  report  thereon  at  the 
next  Convention  of  the  Diocese  :  and  Rev.  Mr.  Stem,  Rev. 
Drs.  Dorr  and  Bowman,  and  Messrs.  Binney,  James  S.  Smith, 
and  Osmon  Reed  were  appointed  the  Committee. 

The  following  report  was  presented : — 

The  Committee  appointed  to  inquire  what  number  of 
Trustees  of  the  General  Theological  Seminary  this  Diocese 
is  entitled  to,  and  whether  any  vacancies  now  exist,  which 
it  is  the  duty  of  this  Convention  to  fill — respectfully  report, 
that  this  diocese  is  entitled  to  one  trustee  for  the  Diocese,  one 
for  every  eight  clergymen  in  the  same,  one  for  every  two 
thousand  dollars  contributed  under  ten  thousand  dollars,  and 
one  for  every  ten  thousand  dollars  additional.  There  being 
one  hundred  and  seventeen  clergymen  in  the  diocese,  it  is 
entitled  to  fourteen  Trustees  with  one  addditional.  The 
Committee  have  not  been  able  to  ascertain  what  amount  of 
funds  have  been  contributed,  but  suppose  themselves  safe  in 
assuming  that  ten  thousand  dollars,  if  no  more,  has  been 
given,  entitling  us  to  five  more  Trustees,  making  in  all 
twenty.  Whereas,  only  eleven  have  been  appointed,  to  wit, 
Rev.  Drs.  Dorr,  Upfold,  Ducachet  and  Boyd,  Rev.  Messrs. 
Rodney  and  Bull,  Messrs.  John  Reed,  J.  S.  Smith,  Benjamin 
Stiles,  George  M.  Wharton,  and  Horace  Binney,  Jr.  The  Com- 
mittee report  therefore  nine  vacancies,and  respectfully  suggest 
to  the  Convention  the  propriety  of  nominating  suitable  per- 
sons, to  be  appointed  by  the  ensuing  General  Convention 
to  fill  these  offices, 

Signed,  W.  W.  Spear, 

Herman  Cope, 
Frederick  Ogilby. 

Whereupon,  on  motion,  a  Committee  was  appointed  to 
report  the  names  of  nine  Trustees  of  the  General  Theological 
Seminary  for  this  Diocese,  to  be  submitted  to  the  General 
Convention  for  election  by  that  body. 


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The  Committee  appointed  were,  the  Rev.  Messrs.  Spear  and 
Buchanan,  and  Mr.  Cope,  who  reported  the  following  names, 
viz :  The  Rev.  Messrs.  Morton,  Buchanan,  Spear,  Morgan, 
and  Odenheimer,  and  Messrs.  Herman  Cope,  L.  R.  Ashurst, 
A.  L.  Hays,  and  Win.  Welsh.  Whereupon,  on  motion  of  the 
Rev.  Dr.  Upfold,  it  was  Resolved,  That  the  names  of  the 
gentlemen  reported  by  the  Committee,  together  with  the 
names  of  the  present  Trustees,  be  nominated  to  the  General 
Convention,  as  Trustees  for  this  Diocese,  of  the  General  The- 
ological Seminary. 

The  Committee  on  unfinished  business  reported  as  follows : 
That  there  appears  to  be  no  business  of  the  last  Convention 
left  unfinished,  except  a  Report  and  Resolution  of  a  Com- 
mittee on  the  alteration  of  the  time  of  meeting  of  the  Con- 
vention, which  has  been  virtually  disposed  of  by  the  resolu- 
tion of  yesterday,  fixing  the  place  of  meeting  of  the  next 
Annual  Convention. 

Signed,         George  Upfold,  Chairman. 

The  Bishop  laid  on  the  table  the  Parochial  Reports  of  the 
Clergy. 

The  minutes  of  the  days'  session  were  then  read  by  t'ie 
Secretary,  and  approved ;  and  the  members  of  the  Conven- 
tion joined  in  singing  the  last  four  verses  of  the  99th  Psalm 
of  the  Selection,  when,  after  the  benediction  by  the  Bishop, 
the  Convention  adjourned,  sine  die. 

G.  M.  Wharton,  Secretary. 


PAROCHIAL  REPORTS, 

FOR  THE   YEAR  ENDING   MAY    1,    1844. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  Win.  Added)-,  Missionary  at  St.  Peter's  Church,  Beaver 
Falls,  and  St.  Paul's  Church,  Beaver  county. 

St.  Peter's  Church. 
Congregation,  families,  about    19;    baptisms,   infants,   1 
communicants,  added,  3;  removed,  3;  present  number,  15 
marriages,  2;  burials,  4;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  40 
otber  days,  4;  total,  44;  Sunday  schools,  1  ;  teachers,  male, 
5  ;  pupils,  30  ;  teachers,  female,  4  ;  pupils,  40  ;  total  schools. 
2  ;  teachers,  9  ;  pupils,  70. 

St.  Paul's  Church. 

Congregation,  families,  25  ;  baptisms,  infants,  5  ;  confirmed, 
9  ;  communicants,  added,  1  ;  present  number,  62  ;  marriages, 
1  ;  burials,  1  ;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  46  ;  other  days, 
4;  total,  50. 

Nothing  worthy  of  especial  notice  has  transpired  during 
the  past  year. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  Joseph  Adderly,  Missionary  at  St.  Peter's  Church,  Blairs- 
ville,  Indiana  county,  and  Christ  Church,  Greensburg,  Westmoreland 
count)'. 

St.  Peter's  Church,  Blairsville. 
Congregation,  families,  10 ;  baptisms,  infants,  5  ;  confirmed, 
4 ;  communicants,  added,  7 ;  removed,  9 ;  present  number, 
19  :  public  services,  on  Sundays,  50;  other  days,  10;  total, 
60;  collections,  Society  for  the  Advancement  of  Christianity, 
85 1,  The  Sacrament  of  the  Lord's  Supper  has  been  admin- 
istered four  times  to  this  congregation. 

Christ  Church,  Greejcsburgh. 

Congregation,  families,  1 9  ;  baptisms,  infants,  5  :  confirmed. 


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3 ;  communicants  added,  7  ;  present  number,  44  ;  burials,  1  : 
public  services,  on  Sundays,  50;  other  days,  5 ;  total,  55; 
collections,  Society  for  the  Advancement  of  Christianity,  $3 : 
Episcopal  fund,  $3. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  Thomas  G.  Allen. 

As  by  the  Canon  of  the  General  Convention  of  1S35,  every 
clergyman  not  regularly  settled  in  any  parish  or  church,  shall 
report  to  the  ecclesiastical  authority  of  his  Diocese,  the  occa- 
sional services  he  may  have  performed,  I,  therefore,  present 
the  following  view  of  my  movements  : 

I  continue  acting  in  the  capacity  of  a  City  Missionary,  in 
connection  with  the  Philadelphia  City  Mission. 

During  the  year,  up  to  the  17th  inst.,  I  have  officiated  in 
the  services  of  the  church  on  two  occasions,  when  I  have  not 
lectured  or  preached.  I  have  administered  or  assisted  in 
the  administration  of  the  Sacrament  of  the  Lord's  Supper,  on 
10  occasions.  I  have  baptized  78  persons.  In  preaching, 
lecturing,  &c.  I  have  officiated  on  246  occasions.  I  have 
married  22  couple.  I  have  officiated  on  99  funeral  occasions. 
During  the  year,  up  to  March  12,  my  pastoral  visits  have 
been  1753; — 1723  of  them  to  the  sick,  afflicted,  &c.  There 
have  been  distributed  22  Bibles,  32  New  Testaments,  38 
Prayer  Books,  and  S  3,000  pages  of  Tracts,  in  which  is  included 
42,100  pages  of  the  tract,  "  Morning  and  Evening  Prayer  for 
Children  and  Youth,  &.c." 

My  monthly  appointments  at  the  Widow's  Asylum,  and  at 
the  Will's  Hospital;  also,  my  weekly  appointments  at  the 
Magdalen  Asylum,  and  at  my  house,  are  continued.  On 
other  occasions  I  officiate  during  the  week  and  on  the  Lord's 
Day,  as  the  Lord  in  his  Providence  directs. 

My  great  business  is  to  preach  the  Gospel  of  the  blessed 
Redeemer;  yea,  from  sick  bed  to  sick  bed,  from  house  to 
house,  from  place  to  place,  from  sanctuary  to  sanctuary,  I 
would  not  cease  "  to  teach  and  preach  Jesus  Christ." 


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The  Lord  has  continued  his  blessing  on  my  imperfect  efforts, 
and  to  him  be  all  the  praise  forever.     Amen. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  W.  W.  Arnett,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Uniontown, 
and  Grace  Church,  Manalen,  Fayette  county. 

St.  Peter's  Church,  Uniontown. 
Congregation,  families,  about  20 ;  baptisms,  infants,  2 ; 
confirmed,  9  ;  communicants,  added,  8  ;  died  or  removed,  5  ; 
present  number,  38;  marriages,  2;  burials,  3;  public  ser- 
vices, on  Sundays,  70 ;  other  days,  50 ;  total,  120 ;  Sunday 
schools,  1 ;  teachers,  10  ;  average  attendance,  50;  collections, 
Soc.  Adv.  of  Christianity,  $6  16;  Convention  fund,  $5  25; 
total,  $11  41. 

Grace  Church,  Manalen. 
Baptisms,  adults,  2  ;  communicants  added,  4  ;  removed,  1 ; 
confirmed,  4. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  Charles  Henry  Alden,  Chaplain  in  the  United  States 

Navy. 
Since  the  fall  of  1841,  up  to  the  first  of  March  last,  I  have 
been  on  duty  abroad  as  a  chaplain  in  our  Navy.  I  have 
officiated  every  Sunday  when  the  state  of  the  weather  per- 
mitted, and  have  been  furnished  with  every  facility  in  dispens- 
ing moral  and  religious  instruction  to  the  ship's  company.  It 
is  gratifying  to  record  the  regular  and  respectful  attendance, 
on  the  part  of  the  officers  and  seamen  with  whom  my  lot  was 
cast,  on  the  public  services  of  the  church,  as  well  as  their 
courtesy  and  kindness  to  the  ministers  of  religion.  Few  fields 
of  usefulness  are  more  inviting  to  a  faithful  clergyman  than 
in  the  Navy,  where  a  consistent  example,  and  prudent,  timely 
counsels  are  promising  of  good  alike  to  the  social,  moral,  and 
religious  well-being  of  all  on  board  ship.  If  the  position  is 
inseparable  from  peculiar  and  severe  trials,  it  is  not  unac- 
companied with  the  spiritual  rewards  promised  to  such  as 
would  "not  be  weary  in  well-doing." 


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1  have  preached  occasionally  in  foreign  ports,  have  admin- 
istered the  Holy  Communion,  baptized  a  number  of  children, 
and  have  officiated  at  several  funerals. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  F.  W.  Beasley,  Rector  of  All  Saints'  Church,  Lower 
Dublin,  Philadelphia  county. 

Since  my  last  report  we  have  been  enabled  to  complete  our 
new  church.  The  Congregation,  generally,  took  great  inter- 
est in  its  erection.  We  received  liberal  contributions  from  all 
parts  of  the  parish;  nor  have  we  wanted  some  kind  friends 
in  the  city.  I  ought  particularly  to  mention  the  great  gene- 
rosity of  a  gentleman  residing  near  Holrnesburg,  who,  having 
contributed  towards  it  largely  before,  has  handed  over  to  the 
Treasurer  during  this  year  $500  more.  As  the  congregation 
had  been  so  large  that  I  could  not  perform  parochial  duty  to 
the  extent  that  the  wants  of  the  parish  seemed  to  require,  and 
as  it  was  desirable  that  the  number  of  public  services  on  the 
Lord's  day  should  be  increased,  I  resolved  to  divide  the 
parish  if  possible.  Going  from  house  to  house  among  my 
parishioners  in  Holrnesburg,  I  succeeded,  with  the  Divine 
blessing,  in  prevailing  upon  my  people  there  to  make  such  an 
increase  in  their  pew-rents  as  would  enable  them  to  support 
the  church  there  of  themselves.  Our  separation  has  been 
effected  ;  and  I  have  concluded  to  remain  in  the  charge  of  the 
two  churches  in  the  upper  part  of  the  parish.  The  separation 
virtually  took  effect  on  the  first  of  January. 

The  chapel  at  Oak  Grove  has  been  consecrated  by  the 
Bishop.  It  is  beautifully  situated,  and  has  been  much 
admired.  The  chancel  is  arranged  after  the  manner  recom- 
mended by  the  Bishop.  We  have  rented  nearly  all  our  pews 
since  the  first  of  January.  Although  we  have  been  com- 
pelled to  erect  new  pews,  as  the  demand  for  them  has  greatly 
exceeded  our  expectations,  we  shall  have  about  forty  free 
sittings.  The  erection  of  this  church,  the  result  of  more  than 
nine  years  Missionary  effort  on  my  part  in  the  neighborhood, 
the  salutary  effect  it  is  exerting,  call  for  great  gratitude,  and 


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more  fervent  prayers  that  it  may  ever  flourish  "  according 
to  this  beginning."     During  the  year,  I  have  baptized  two 
adults,  and  twenty-one  children.     Until  the  first  of  January. 
we  kept  the  holy-days  of  the  church.     Since  the  division  of 
the  parish  we  have  had  service  every  Sunday  morning  at 
All  Saints'  church,  in  the  afternoon  at  the  chapel  at  Oak  Grove 
— and  on  one  evening  in  the  week,  service  also  at  the  same 
place.     We  have  two  Sunday  schools.     The  communicants 
are  forty  in  number,  the  larger  part  of  those  in  the  parish, 
before  the  separation,  belonging  to  the  church  in  Holmesburg: 
although  the  families  which  belonged   to  it  constituted  the 
smallest   part  of  our  congregation.     We  collected   for  the 
Nashotah  Mission,  on  June  the  26th,  $35  00  ;  October  22,  for 
Society  for  the  Advancement  of  Christianity  in  Pennsylvania, 
$21  97i ;  for  Episcopal  Fund,  $5  33.     Money  given  by  an 
individual  for  Oak  Grove  Church,  $500;  by  another,  $40  for 
the  same  purpose;  other  subscriptions,  for  the  same,  $100. 
Oak  Grove  monthly  collections  for  the  payment  of  the  current 
expenses  of  the  church,  $9  26.     There  are  some  other  contri- 
butions to  various  purposes  which  ought  to  be  reported,  but 
I  cannot  obtain  their  amount.     The  whole  sum,  as  reported, 
is  $711  56|. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  William  H.  Bourns,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Blooms- 
burg,  Christ  Church,  Jerseytown,  St.  Gabriel's,  Sugarloaf,  and  Trinity 
Church,  Orangeville,  Columbia  county. 

St.  Paul's,  Bloomsburg. 
Congregation,  families,  57;  adults,  1S4;  children,  87  ;  total, 
271;  baptisms,  adults,  2;  infants,  9;  total,  11;  communi- 
cants added,  3  ;  died,  2  ;  removed,  1:  present  number,  90; 
marriages,  11 ;  burials,  7  ;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  47  : 
other  days,  49  ;  total,  96  ;  children  catechized,  12  ;  times,  3  ; 
Sunday  school,  1  ;  teachers,  male,  6;  female,  10;  total,  16  ; 
pupils,  male  37  ;  female,  38 ;  total,  75  ;  bible  class,  1 ;  mem- 
bers, 15  ;  collections,  Episcopal  Fund,  $2  50;  Soc.  Adv.  Chris- 
tianity, $3  16 ;  Convention  Fund,  $3  U£;  total,  $8  78§. 


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If  a  large  attendance  upon  the  public  services  may  be  con- 
sidered a  criterion,  this  congregation  is  in  a  prosperous 
condition.  An  effort  is  now  being  made  to  pay  a  balance  of 
about  $650,  due  for  the  erection  of  the  church  building  :  the 
architect  having  felt  himself  obliged  to  take  proceedings  at 
law  against  the  corporation.  Notwithstanding  the  apparent 
prosperity  of  this  congregation,  the  church  is  open  for  Sunday 
services  on  only  every  alternate  Lord's  day. 

St.  Gabriel's,  Sugarloaf. 

Being  twenty  miles  from  the  Rector's  residence,  this 
church  is  visited  only  once  in  four  weeks.  The  population 
of  this  district  is  said  to  have  been  all  attached  to  the  Church 
about  twenty-five  years  ago,  but  now  various  preachers  of 
heresy  and  schism  find  hearers  and  supporters.  The  attend- 
ance upon  the  services  in  St.  Gabriel's  is  generally  large, 
and  the  interest  in  religion  appears  ralher  to  increase,  not- 
withstanding the  unfavorable  circumstances  of  having  public 
worship  so  seldom.  The  log  church,  built  thirty  years  since, 
was  ceiled  and  weather-boarded  during  the  past  year. 

Congregation,  families,  21 ;  individuals,  167;  baptisms, 
infants,  10;  communicants,  present  number,  15;  burial,  1  ; 
public  services,  on  Sundays,  23  ;  other  days,  7;  total,  30. 

Christ  Church,  Jerseytown. 

Congregation,  families,  14  ;  adults,  41 ;  children,  25  ;  total, 
66 ;  baptisms,  1  ;  communicants,  12;  marriage,  1;  public 
services,  on  Sundays,  15;  other  days,  7;  total,  22. 

This  congregation  does  not  seem  to  decline.  Divine  Ser- 
vice is  now  held  twice  on  one  Sunday  in  four,  instead  of 
once,  as  formerly.  A  large  congregation  assembles  in  the 
evening,  chiefly  of  persons  of  other  denominations. 

Trinity  Church,  Orangevili.e. 
Public  services,  on  Sundays,  10;  marriages,  2. 
Afternoon  Service  is  held  on  one  Sunday  in  four.     The 
attendance  is  about  60  persons,  of  whom  probably  one-fifth 


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are  Episcopalians.  The  doctrines  and  worship  of  the  church 
appear  to  gain  no  ground  upon  the  forms  of  other  denomina- 
tions. 

In  addition  to  the  services  enumerated  above,  I  have 
preached,  read  prayers,  or  assisted  in  the  same,  in  different 
places,  thirty-one  times. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  James  Bonnar,  Missionary  at  Christ  Church,  Hollidays- 
burg,  Huntingdon  county. 

Congregation,  families,  13;  adults,  30;  children,  36;  total, 
69  ;  baptisms,  infants,  8  ;  confirmed,  5;  communicants,  added, 
7;  died  or  removed,  2;  present  number,  23;  burials,  2: 
public  services,  on  Sundays,  100  ;  other  days,  107 ;  total,  207: 
children  catechized,  20 ;  times,  12 ;  Sunday  school,  male 
teachers,  2 ;  pupils,  8;  female  teachers,  2;  pupils,  IS  ;  total 
schools,  1  ;  teachers,  4  ;  pupils,  26  ;  Soc.  Adv.  of  Christianity, 
$4  00  ;  Missionary  and  other  purposes,  28  00  ;  total,  $32  00. 

The  parish  is  still  indebted  to  Christian  Garber,  Esq.  for 
the  gratuitous  use  of  a  building,  which  has  been  fitted  up  as 
a  temporary  chapel.  The  Missionary  and  the  Vestry  desire 
"  A  Friend  to  the  Missionaries,"  the  Rector  of  St.  Peter's,  and 
the  Rev.  Thomas  J.  Davis,  to  accept  their  thanks  for  their 
kindness  to  the  Missionary — the  good  Lord  reward  them  for 
having  done  us  good. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  S.  Bowman,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church,  Lancaster,  Lan- 
caster county. 

Baptisms,  adults,  6;  infants,  16  ;  total,  22  ;  marriages,  7  ; 
funerals,  10;  confirmations,  14  ;  communicants,  124;  public 
services,  on  Sundays,  104  ;  other  days,  37  ;  total,  141.  The 
children  of  the  congregation  are  catechized  semi-monthly. 
There  are  two  Sunday  schools,  containing  about  150  scho- 
lars, under  20  teachers.  Collections,  Episcopal  fund, 
#13  25;  for  Bibles,  #23;  Soc.  for  Adv.  of  Christianity, 
#13  25;  Convention,  #10;  monthly  offerings  for  Missionary 
purposes,  #131  62;  from  a  Juvenile  Missionary  Association, 


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$  10;  Infant  Sunday  school,  $5;  General  Sunday  school,  $8  75; 
total,  $314  87. 

There  is  a  Benevolent  Association  of  the  ladies  of  the  con- 
gregation for  the  relief  of  the  poor  during  the  inclemency  of 
winter,  by  the  gratuitous  distribution  of  food  and  clothing. 

During  the  past  year,  a  substantial  brick  building  has  been 
completed  for  a  Sunday  school-house  and  sexton's  dwelling, 
at  an  expense  of  about  $1500.  It  replaces  a  frame  building 
that  was  burned  about  a  year  since.  There  having  been  for 
some  time  a  want  of  pews,  the  Vestry  have  resolved  upon 
the  enlargement  of  the  church.  Beside  increasing  the  capacity 
of  the  church  nearly  one-third,  there  will  be,  it  is  hoped,  a 
great  improvement  in  the  order  and  beauty  of  its  arrange- 
ments. The  work  is  now  in  hand,  and  will  be  finished  in 
the  course  of  the  summer. 

Report  of   the   Rev.  G.    Boyd,  Rector    of  St.   John's   Church,   Northern 
Liberties,  Philadelphia  county. 

Baptisms,  infants,  26  ;  marriages,  10  ;  confirmed,  7;  com- 
municants, 153;  added,  9;  removed,  3. 

There  are  three  public  services  on  each  Lord's  day  ;  daily 
Morning  Prayer,  during  the  summer  season,  at  6  o'clock : 
one  evening  serviee  on  Wednesday  evening;  and  the  festi- 
vals and  fasts  of  the  Church  are  all  observed,  with  their  pre- 
scribed services. 

There  are  two  Sunday  schools.  The  female  department  is 
well  conducted,  under  the  superintendence  of  Miss  Martha 
Palethorp,  assisted  by  fifteen  teachers.  The  boy's  school  is 
under  the  superintendence  of  Henry  Hay,  Esq.  In  both 
these  schools  the  children  are  taught  and  trained  in  the  ways 
of  the  Church. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  R.  Meade  continues  to  superintend  the 
Female  Parochial  School,  lately  founded  in  the  parish,  with 
great  approbation.  This  is  a  week  day  school,  into  which  it 
is  intended  to  introduce,  as  far  as  possible,  the  Church's  sys- 
tem of  religious  education. 


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A  Boy's  Parochial  School,  intended  to  be  conducted  upon 
similar  principles,  is  also  opened,  which  is  placed  under  the 
care  of  Mr.  David  J.  Johnson,  A.  B.,  a  graduate  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania,  and  a  lay  member  of  the  Church. 
Mr.  Johnson  has  entered  upon  his  duties  with  the  best  com- 
mendation of  the  faculty  of  the  University,  and  with  every 
reasonable  prospect  of  success. 

The  children  belonging  to  the  Sunday  schools  are  regularly 
instructed  in  the  Church  Catechism,  and  in  its  approved 
Explanations  or  Expository  ;  together  with  the  proper  use  of 
the  Prayer  Book. 

The  Apostolic  order  of  Weekly  Offerings  is  continued, 
with  growing  success.  As  the  principles  involved  in  this 
mode  of  contributing  to  the  Lord's  service,  are  becoming 
better  understood,  there  is  found  to  be  an  increasing  disposi- 
tion in  "self-denial,"  and  a  proportionate  increase  of  the 
"offerings."  Like  all  other  truth,  however,  it  has  to  work 
its  way  through  much  of  unbelief,  and  consequently  cannot 
be  expected  to  pass  very  rapidly  into  popular  favor.  The 
fact  that  the  "offerings"  made  upon  the  "altar"  on  the  Lord's 
day,  are  appropriated,  by  order  of  the  vestry,  to  the  support 
of  the  rector,  and  that  they  have  heretofore  been  inadequate 
to  that  object,  must  be  his  apology  for  having  omitted,  during 
the  last  year,  as  well  as  the  one  before,  to  make  collections 
for  the  Episcopal  fund. 


Report  of  the  Rev.  Charles  Breck,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Wellsborough, 
Tioga  county. 

Congregation,  families,  60;  adults,  ISO;  children,  156; 
total,  336;  baptisms,  adults,  11;  infants,  11;  total,  22; 
confirmed,  32;  communicants,  added,  14;  died  or  removed, 
2  ;  present  number,  42  ;  marriages,  2  ;  burials,  6  ;  public  ser- 
vices, on  Sundays,  107;  other  days,  32;  total,  139;  children 
catechized,  times,  in  the  church,  every  Sunday;  Sunday 
schools,  male,  1;  teachers,  3;  pupils,  20 ;  female,  1 ;  teachers,  4; 


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pupils,  40;  total  schools,  2  ;  teachers,  7;  pupils,  60;  collec- 
tions, Episcopal  Fund,  $6  50;  Soc.  Adv.  of  Christianity, 
$10  17;  Missionary  purposes,  $14  00;  Convention  Fund, 
$4  00;  for  Bibles  published  by  S.  A.  C.  P.,  $12  50;  total, 
$47  17. 

The  Church  is  gradually  gaining  ground  here,  and  I  hope 
in  a  year  or  two  to  see  another  clergyman  permanently  settled 
in  this  county.  To  effect  this,  I  have  transferred  my  services 
from  Pine  Creek  to  Lawrenceville  and  Beecher  Island,  distant 
twenty  and  twenty-five  miles.  At  these  places  I  officiate 
once  in  four  weeks. 

At  this  place  we  have  built  a  church  worth  $3000,  which, 
with  the  exception  of  about  £100  received  from  various 
sources,  has  been  entirely  paid  for  by  the  inhabitants  of  the 
village  and  neighborhood.  The  ladies  of  the  parish  purchased 
a  case  for  the  organ,  blinds  for  the  church,  and  advanced  $90 
to  the  vestry.  We  are  about  to  erect  galleries  in  the  church, 
which  will  cost  $350. 

Samuel  W.  Morris,  Esq.  has  given  to  the  church  a  valuable 
piece  of  ground  as  a  site  for  a  Rectory. 

Five  years  ago  there  was  not  a  communicant  in  the  county, 
at  present  there  are  nearly  sixty.  May  all  praise  and  glory 
be  ascribed  to  the  Great  Head  of  the  Church  for  his  goodness 
in  thus  making  u  the  desert  rejoice,  and  blossom  as  the  rose." 

Report  of  the  Rev.  S.  C.  Brinckle,  Rector  of  St.  James'  (Swedish)  Church' 
Kingsessing,  Philadelphia  county. 

Congregation,  families,  47;  adults,  151;  children,  10S  : 
total,  259  ;  baptisms,  adults,  1 ;  infants,  10;  total,  11  ;  com- 
municants added,  7;  died  or  removed,  5;  present  number, 
43;  marriages,  S;  burials,  7;  public  services,  on  Sundays, 
80;  other  days,  8;  total,  S8 ;  children  catechized,  times,  7; 
Sunday  schools,  2;  teachers,  10;  pupils,  63;  Soc.  Adv.  of 
Christianity,  $23;  Missionary  and  other  purposes,  $674; 
total,  $697. 

The  rector  is  pleased  to  state,  that  the  long  cherished  object, 


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of  the  union  of  this  ancient  Swedish  church  with  its  Ameri- 
can sister,  will  be  effected,  he  trusts,  during  this  session  of  our 
Convention — the  necessary  alteration  of  its  Charters  having 
been  made. 

Improvements  of  the  material  edifice,  corresponding  with 
that  applying  to  the  spiritual,  have  been  effected  within  a 
short  time.  These  embrace  new  pews,  pulpit  and  desk,  with 
the  raising  of  the  main  floor,  the  introduction  of  a  furnace  for 
warming  the  church,  and  also  the  addition  of  a  commodious 
Vestry  Room  of  massive  construction,  which  at  no  distant 
time  may  be  surmounted  by  its  steeple  and  church-going  bell. 
With  very  commendable  liberality,  provision  was  made  for 
these  expenditures,  amounting  to  some  $700,  by  the  voluntary 
contributions  of  the  congregation.  May  the  great  Head  of 
the  Church  continue  His  blessing,  and  fulfil  every  expectation 
which  these  results  have  excited. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  Edward  Y.  Buchanan,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church, 
Piquea,  Chester  county  ;  Christ  Church,  Leacock,  Lancaster  county,  and 
All  Saints  Church,  Paradise,  Lancaster  county. 

St.  John's  Church,  Piquea, 

Congregation,  families,  50 ;  baptisms,  infants,  8;  confirmed, 
9;  communicants  added,  12;  died  or  removed,  2;  present 
number,  50  ;  marriages,  1 ;  burials,  2 ;  public  services,  on 
Sundays,  32;  other  days,  7 ;  total,  39;  children  catechized, 
30 ;  times,  frequently ;  Sunday  schools,  1 ;  teachers,  8  ;  pupils, 
50 ;  collections,  Episcopal  Fund,  $5  00 ;  Soc.  Adv.  of  Chris- 
tianity, $S  00  ;  Missionary  and  other  purposes,  120  00  ;  total, 
$133  00. 

In  this  congregation,  the  number  of  persons  attending 
public  worship  is  larger  than  at  any  former  period :  as  is  also 
the  number  of  communicants.  The  church  may  be  said  to  be 
•in  many  respects  in  a  highly  prosperous  state. 

Christ  Church,  Leacock. 
Congregation,  families,  33  ;  baptisms,  adults,  2  ;  infants,  3 ; 
total,  5 ;  confirmed,  12 ;  communicants  added,  3 ;   died,  1  ; 


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present  number,  35  ;  marriages,  3 ,  burials,  4 ;,  public  servi- 
ces, on  Sundays,  31  ;  other  days,  7;  total,  38;  children  cate- 
chized, 20  ;  times,  frequently;  Sunday  schools,  1  ;  teachers,  6; 
pupils,  23;  collections,  Episcopal  Fund,  $5  00;  Advance- 
ment Society,  $7  00;  Missionary  and  other  purposes,  §153  00; 
total,  $165  00. 

This  church  has  suffered  greatly  within  three  or  four  years 
past  from,  removals  and  deaths.  The  number  of  communi- 
cants, however,  is  now  as  large  as  at  any  former  period  ;  and 
if  those  of  the  communicants  of  All  Saints,  who  formerly 
belonged  to  this  church,  were  counted,  it  would  be  much 
larger. 

All  Saint's  Church,  Paradise. 
Congregation,  families  and  pewholders,  34;  baptisms,  adults, 
2  ;  infants,  20  ;  total,  22  ;  confirmed,  12  ;  communicants  added, 
13  ;  removed,  1 ;  present  number,  23;  marriages,  5  ;  burials, 
2  ;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  27 ;  other  days,  17 ;  total,  44; 
children  catechized,  35 ;  times,  several ;  Sunday  schools,  1  ; 
teachers,  12  ;  pupils,  45;  collections,  Advancement  Society, 
$4  66;  Convention  Fund,  $10;  other  purposes,  (including  the 
building  of  the  new  church,)  about  $950  00  ;  total,  $964  66. 

Since  the  consecration  of  the  new  church,  in  December  last, 
the  attendance  upon  our  public  services  has  been  good, 
beyond  our  most  sanguine  expectations.  Every  thing  con- 
nected with  the  parish  is  encouraging. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  Levi  Bull,  Rector  of  St.  Thomas'  Church,  Morgantown, 
Berks  county,  St.  Mary's  Church,  Chester  county,  Bangor  Church, 
Churchtown,  Lancaster  county. 

St.  Thomas'  Church. 

Communicants,  64  ;  baptisms,  adults,  4  ;  children,  26  ;  total, 
30. 

The  state  of  this  church  is  flourishing;  a  Sunday  school, 
conducted  by  about  12  teachers,  male  and  female;  children 
in  ordinary  attendance,  about  50  ;  catechisms  recited  during 


the  summer  frequently;  explained  twice  a  month;  service 
once  every  Sunday;  extra  services,  occasionally  on  week  days, 
and  at  night ;  Collections  taken  for  Bishop's  fund  and  for  Con- 
vention fund. 

The  rector  feels  much  encouraged. 

St.  Mary's  Church. 

The  old  church,  during  the  past  year,  was  taken  down,  and 
a  new  one  erected  on  the  old  site.  The  present  one  is  in 
length  64  ft.,  in  width,  46  ft.,  with  a  vestry  room  at  the  north 
end.  It  was  consecrated  a  day  or  two  before  last  Christmas. 
It  is  a  plain,  neat  building,  and  is  estimated  to  accommodate 
500  persons. 

Regular  services  were  not  performed  here  during  the  last 
year  ;  communicants,  about  75  ;  baptisms,  not  exceeding  5  ; 
collections  taken  for  the  Bishop's  and  Convention  funds ; 
Sunday  school,  conducted  by  10  teachers;  about  50  pupils 
usually  attend.  Henceforth  there  will  be  service  here  every 
Lord's  day. 

Bangor  Church. 

TJie  late  Rector  resigned  the  charge  of  this  church  about 
the  1st  of  April,  ult.  He  can  give,  in  consequence  of  his 
not  having  access  to  the  records  of  the  church,  no  accurate 
parochial  report ;  communicants,  60. 

The  Rev.  W.  J.  Clark  has  succeeded  me  in  the  charge  of 
this  Church,  and  devotes  all  his  time  to  the  duties  it  requires. 
With  the  ordinary  blessing  of  God,  I  natter  myself  that  his 
services  will  be  as  useful  as  they  are  acceptable. 

Report  of  the   Rev.  Thomas  M.  Clark,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Church,  in 

Philadelphia. 

Congregation,  adults,  770;  children,  310;  total,  1080; 
baptism,  adults,  24;  infants,  31;  total,  55;  confirmed,  54; 
communicants,  present  number,  512  ;  marriages,  5;  burials, 
15;  public  service, morning  and  evening  on  Sundays;  service 
on  Wednesdays  and  Fridays  in  Lent,  and  on  every  Wednes- 


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day  evening  ;  children  catechised,  300,  monthly  ;  Sunday 
school,  male,  2  ;  teachers,  21  ;  pupils,  180;  female,  2  ;  teachers, 
21  ;  pupils,  148;  infant  school,  1  teacher;  pupils,  ICO;  total 
schools,  5  ;  teachers,  43  ;  pupils,  428  ;  Bible  classes,  4  ;  mem- 
bers, SO;  collections,  Episcopal  fund,  #20;  Society  for  the 
Advancement  of  Christianity,  #25  ;  missionary  and  other 
purposes,  §3878  74  ;  total,  #3923  74. 

The  present  Rector  entered  upon  his  duties  in  this  parish 
on  the  first  Sunday  in  November.  The  Rev.  John  A.  Clark. 
D.  D.,  who  resigned  the  Rectorship  of  the  Church  on  the 
first  of  February,  1843,  was  removed  from  this  world  by 
death,  on  Thursday,  November  27th.  His  memory  is 
cherished  in  the  hearts  of  a  grateful  and  attached  people. 

The  condition  of  the  parish  is,  in  all  respects,  favorable. 
It  is  proper  to  state  that  nearly  #2000  of  the  sum  reported 
as  having  been  contributed  by  the  congregation  during  the 
past  year,  has  been  appropriated  towards  the  liquidation  of 
the  parish  debt. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  R.  B.  Claxton,  Rector  of  St.  Stephen's  Church,  Wilkesbaire, 
Luzerne  county. 

Congregation,  families,  75  ;  adults,  230 ;  children,  1 80,  total, 
410;  baptisms,  adults,  2;  infants,  12;  total,  14;  confirmed  none, 
the  Bishop  not  having  visited  us  since  December  1S42 ;  com- 
municants added,  9;  died,  3  ;  removed,  3  ;  present  number,  S7; 
marriages,  3;  burials,  13;  public  service  on  Sundays,  107; 
other  days,  15;  total,  122;  children  catechised,  about  100; 
times,  6  ■  Sunday  school,  male  teachers,  8  ;  pupils,  91  ;  female 
teachers,  13;  pupils,  145;  total,  teachers,  21  ;  pupils,  236  ; 
Bible  class,  1;  members,  20;  collections,  Episcopal  fund,  #6  50; 
Society  for  the  Advancement  of  Christianity,  #11  ;  Sunday 
School  #46  89;  Domestic  missions,  $18  3S;  Foreign  missions, 
$S3  92  ;  Kenyoii  College,  #55;  Bible  distribution,  #60;  on  ac- 
count of  Sunday  school  building,  $150;  other  purposes,  #112 
SS  :  total,  #544  57. 

The  Sunday  school  is  rather  smaller  than  at  the  time  of 
the  last  report.  During  my  absence  at  the  last  Convention, 
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the  Roman  Catholic  Priest  from  Carbondale  visited  our  bo- 
rough, and  urged  the  Parents  belonging  to  the  Roman  Catholic 
Church  to  take  away  all  their  children  from  the  various  Pro- 
testant schools.  We  accordingly  lost  about  fifty  scholars  in 
two  or  three  Sundays :  but  have  succeeded  in  regaining  more 
than  half  of  them.  The  German  Romanists  seem  much  more 
independent  of  the  demands  of  their  Priesthood  than  the 
Irish  :  and  those  who  have  refused  to  return  are  chiefly  of  the 
latter  class. 

Besides  the  services  reported,  which  are  those  performed  in 
St.  Stephen's,  Wilkesbarre,  I  have  officiated  monthly  in  a 
School-house  three  miles  below  W. ;  once  at  the  Summit 
Mines,  where  I  baptized  four  children,  twice  in  St.  Mark's 
Parish,  Mauch  Chunk  (which  was  without  a  Rector),  and 
twenty-five  times  in  other  places.  Once  I  preached  at  French- 
hannoch,  the  seat  of  justice  of  the  new  county  of  Wyoming, 
where  there  is  an  admirable  opening  for  the  Church,  which  I 
hope  our  Diocesan  Miss.  Society  will  soon  he  able  to  improve. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  J.  C.  Clay,  Rector  of  the  Parish,  of  Gloria  Dei  Church, 
Southwark,  Philadelphia  county. 
Congregation, families,  133;  adults, 285;  children,  not  known; 
baptisms,  adults,  3  ;  infants,  40;  total,  43 ;  confirmed,  9  ;  com- 
municants added,  37  ;  died  or  removed,  9  ;  present  number? 
138  ;  marriages,  32  ;  burials,  21 ;  public  services,  on  Sundays, 
105;  other  days,  170;  total,  275;  children  catechised,  8  times; 
Sunday  schools,  male,  1 ;  teachers,  10  ;  pupils,  60 ;  female,  1 ; 
teachers,  11 ;  pupils,  90;  total  150;  collections,  Soc.  Adv.  of 
Christianity,  $35 ;  missionary  and  other  purposes,  $46  50; 
total,  #81  50. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  John  B.  Clemson,  Rector  of  the  Church  of  Holy  Trinity, 
West  Chester,  Chester  county,  for  the  year  1843 — 4. 

Congregation,  families,  44;  adults,  S8;  children,  83;  total, 
adults  and  children,  171;  baptisms,  adults,  2 ;  infants,  2; 
total,  4;  there  has  been  no  confirmation;  communicants 
added,  13  ;  removed  8  ;  present  number,  42  ;  marriages,  10  ; 


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burials,  3;  public  services  on  Sunday,  107;  other  days,  72  ; 
total,  179;  children  catechised,  frequently  ;  Sunday  schools, 
male,  1  ;  teachers,  2;  pupils,  30;  female,  1  ;  teachers,  6  ;  pupils, 
45;  total,  schools,  2 ;  teachers,  8;  pupils,  75;  Bible  class,  1;  mem- 
bers, 16;  collections,  Episcopal  fund,  $5,  Convention  fund,  $5, 
Society  for  the  Advancement  of  Christianity,  $12;  General 
Missionary  Society  of  the  Church, $52  50;  Female  Tract  Socie- 
ty, $5;  Female  Prayer  Book  Society, $5;  other  purposes,  $900. 

The  Rector  believes  his  congregation  to  be  in  a  decidedly 
healthful  condition — strengthening  as  to  numbers,  becoming 
better  informed  on  all  that  distinguishes  us  as  a  church,  and 
growing  in  a  knowledge  of  our  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus 
Christ. 

Peace,  unity,  and  love  prevail  among  its  members.  They 
are  punctual  in  their  engagements  to  him,  and  abound  in  oft 
repeated  acts  of  kindness  and  goodwill  to  himself  and  family. 
Thereby  his  spirit  is  refreshed,  and  his  basket  and  store  re- 
plenished and  supplied. 

The  heavy  pecuniary  obligations  which  until  recently  so 
harassed  this  parish,  we  are  most  happy  to  say,  by  the  aid 
of  generous  friends  abroad  and  liberality  among  ourselves, 
have  been  met,  and  the  Church,  God  be  praised,  is  out  of 
debt. 

The  Vestry  has  purchased  a  lot  of  ground  of  convenient 
location  and  size,  beautifully  improved  it,  and  set  it  apart  for 
a  cemetery. 

In  conclusion,  in  reviewing  the  whole  year,  we  may  ex- 
claim, God  has  done  great  things  for  us,  whereof  we  may  be 
glad. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  John  Coleman,  Rector  of  the  Parish  of  Trinity  Church, 
Southwark,  Philadelphia  county. 

Congregation,  families,  200;  adults,  G50;  children,  350  5 
total,  1000;  baptisms,  adults,  6;  infants,  46;  total,  52;  Con- 
firmed, 10;  communicants,  last  reported,  411  ;  added,  19; 
died,  6;  removed,  11  ;  present  number,  413;  marriages,  23; 


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burials,  37;  public  service,  on  Sunday,  116;  other  days,  44; 
total,  160;  children  catechised,  12  times,  "openly  in  the 
church;"  Sunday  schools,  male,  2;  teachers,  19;  scholars, 
1S2  ;  female,  2  ;  teachers,  30 ;  scholars,  287  ;  total,  schools,  4, 
teachers  49,  scholars,  469  ;  Bible  class,  1,  female,  20  mem- 
bers; collections,  Episcopal  fund  $50,  Convention  fund,  $20, 
Society  for  Advancement  of  Christianity  in  Pennsylvania, 
$174,  Bishop  White  Prayer  Book  Society,  $50,  Female 
Prayer  Book  Society,  $23  80,  Episcopal  Female  Tract  So- 
ciety, $25,  Missionary  and  other  purposes,  (of  which  $191 
18,  were  contributed  by  the  Sunday  schools  of  the  parish,) 
$614  70— total,  $957  50. 

Report  of  the   Rev.  Asa  S.  Colton,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's   Church,  Wesi 
Vincent,  and  St.  Mark's  Church,  township  of  Honeybrook,  Chester  Co. 

St.  Andrew's  Church. 
Congregation,  number  not  exactly  known ;  baptisms,  none  ; 
communicants  added,  1  ;  present  number  about  60  ;  confirm- 
ed, 2  ;  funerals,  2  ;  marriages,  1 ;  public  services,  on  Sundays, 
53;  other  days,  15;  total  6S  ;  children  catechised,  6  times; 
a  small  Sunday  school  is  kept  up  during  a  part  of  the  year; 
collections  for  missions  and  other  benevolent  purposes,  includ- 
ing two  private  donations  for  the  Domestic  committee,  $96 
11;  monthly  collections,  mostly  applied  on  the  debt,  and 
for  the  improvement  of  the  parsonage,  $27  17. 

St.  Mark's  Church. 

Congregation,  number  not  exactly  known  ;  baptisms,  in 
fants,  1  ;  present  number  of  communicants,  33;  confirmed,  6  ; 
burials,  1 ;  marriages,  2;  public  services  on  Sundays,  52;  othei 
days,  9  ;  total,  61  ;  children  catechised,  times,  2  ;  a  small  Sun 
day  school  is  kept  up  through  part  of  the  year ;  collections 
for  the  Advancement  Society,  $2  21  ;  other  purposes,  810  67 

Partly  by  the  efforts  of  the  congregation,  and  partly  b 
the  generosity  of  those  to  whom  money  was  due,  this  churc 
is  now  free  from  debt. 


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Report  of  the  Rev.  Thomas  Crumpton,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Alleghany 

city. 

Congregation,  families  about  65  ;  adults,  about  160  ;  infants, 
110;  total,  270;  baptisms,  adults,  2  ;  infants,  27;  total,  29 ; 
confirmed,  IS;  communicants  added,  13;  died  or  removed, 
17;  present  number,  59  ;  marriages,  9;  burials,  5;  public 
services,  on  Sunday,  100  ;  other  days,  51  ;  total,  151  ;  Sunday 
school,  1  ;  male  teachers,  5 ;  female,  5  ;  total,  10;  scholars 
male,  30  ;  female,  36  ;  total,  66  ;  collections,  Convention  fund, 
$11  ;  other  purposes,  Sl65;  total,  $206. 

Report  of  the   Rev.  M.  K.   Cushman,   Missionary   in   Susquehanna   and 
Wa3'ne    counties. 

St.  Mark's  Church,  New  Milford,  Susquehanna  Co. 
Congregation,  families,  25  ;  adults,  72  ;  children,  35  ;  total, 
107  ;  baptisms,  adults,  3  ;  infants,  4;  communicants,  added, 
1  ;  removed,  2  ;  present  number,  34 ;  marriages,  5  ;  burials, 
1  ;  public  services  on  Sundays,  60;  other  days,  1  ;  total,  61  ; 
Sunday  schools,  1  ;  male  teachers,  5  ;  pupils,  20 ;  female 
teachers,  3  ;  pupils,  20  ;  total,  schools,  1  ;  teachers,  S  ;  pupils, 
40  ;  collections,  Advancement  Society,  $10  ;  Convention  fund, 
$2  80  ;  total,  $12  SO.  There  are  services,  either  clerical  or 
lay,  every  Sunday  in  this  parish.  My  labours  closed  in 
Salem,  Wayne  Co.,  about  the  middle  of  last  September,  and 
from  that  to  nigh  the  last  of  December,  I  preached  nearly 
every  Lord's  day  in  St.  Mark's,  New  Milford. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Montrose,  Susquehanna  Co. 
I  began  my  labours  in  this  parish  on  my  engagement  for 
one  year  on  the  last  Sunday  in  December.  I  have  preached, 
in  all,  27  times,  and  administered  the  communion  once.  There 
are  services  in  the  church  every  Sunday;  there  are  understood 
to  be  about  ten  families  belonging  to  this  parish,  and  17 
communicants  ;  contributions  for  Convention  fund,  S3  19. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  William  C.  Cooley,  Rector  of  the  Nativity  Church  in  the 
District  of  Spring  Garden,  Philadelphia  Co. 

Congregation,  families,  2S  ;  adults,  75  ;  children,  200  ;  total, 


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303  ;  baptisms,  adults,  1  ;  infants  5  ;  total,  6  ;  confirmed,  3  ; 
communicants,  added,  28  ;  present  number,  33  ;  marriages,  3; 
burials,  8  ;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  74  times ;  other  days, 
all  holy  days  ;  Sunday  school,  male  and  female,  1  ;  teachers, 
14;  pupils,  200. 

This  parish  is  yet  in  its  infancy.  I  have  had  charge  of  it 
but  nine  months,  during  which  time  the  main  effort  has  been 
to  collect  a  sufficient  amount  of  funds  to  enable  us  to  erect  a 
Church  edifice.  This  very  desirable  object,  I  am  happy  to 
say,  now  seems  likely  to  be  accomplished  during  the  present 
season,  and  then  I  trust  that  this  parish  will  not  only  sustain 
itself,  but  contribute  freely  of  its  ability  to  advance  the 
Gospel  in  the  church. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  Robert  Davis. 

Since  our  last  Convention  I  have  performed  divine  service 
some  13  times;  assisted  in  the  performance  of  it  at  the  conse- 
cration of  one  church  and  at  one  confirmation :  I  have  assisted 
twice  in  the  administration  of  the  Lord's  Supper,  and  preach- 
ed some  17  times. 

The  chief  part  of  the  above  labour  occurred  within  the 
last  five  months,  and  was  rendered  to  destitute  places  or  to 
brethren  in  delicate  health.  It  is  a  larger  amount  of  profes- 
sional labour  than  I  have  been  able  to  perform  during  several 
of  the  previous  years.  In  some  instances  I  sustained  the 
labor  of  divine  service  and  a  sermon  with  comfort,  and  with- 
out any  subsequent  sense  of  injury ;  generally  it  proved 
otherwise. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  Thomas  J.  Davis. 

Since  the  last  Convention,  my  business  has  been  mainly 
that  of  teaching.  I  have  assisted  in  the  performance  of  daily 
prayers  at  St.  Peter's  Church,  and  on  every  Lord's  day  I 
have  aided  some  of  the  brethren  in  the  city,  and  have  occa- 
sionally preached. 

I  have  baptized  29  children,  and  2  adults;  solemnized  4 
marriages,  and  attended  8  funerals. 


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Report  of  the  Rev.  B.  Dorr,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Philadelphia. 

Congregation,  families,  220  ;  baptisms,  adults,  9  ;  infants, 
51 ;  total,  60  ;  confirmed,  22  ;  communicants,  added,  28  ;  died 
or  removed,  18  ;  present  number,  380  ;  marriages,  12  ;  burials, 
42  ;  public  services  on  Sundays,  104  ;  other  days,  162  ;  total, 
266  ;  children  catechised,  300  ;  times,  12,  on  the  last  Sunday 
afternoon  of  each  month  ;  Sunday  schools,  male,  1  ;  teachers, 
1 1 ;  pupils,  65;  female,  2;  teachers,  35;  pupils,  210;  total  schools, 
S;  teachers,  46;  pupils,  275;  Bible  classes,  2;  members,  20;  col- 
lections, Episcopal  fund,  $150  50  ;  Society  for  the  Advance- 
ment of  Christianity,  $450;  missionary  and  other  purposes. 
$2097  69  ;  total,  $2698  19. 

The  above  contributions  were  appropriated  as  follows,  viz: 
Sunday  schools  $274  35 ;  Convention  and  Episcopal  funds, 
$200  50;  General  Theological  Seminary,  $50  ;  Prayer  Book 
Society,  $217  65  ;  missions,  $670  25  ;  aiding  poor  churches, 
$457  25  ;  distributions  to  the  poor,  $828  11  ;  total,  $2698  19. 

Report  of  the   Rev.  Jacob  M.  Douglass,  Rector  of  St.   Matthew's  Church, 
Francisville,  Philadelphia  county. 

Baptisms,  adults,  1 ;  infants,  34 ;  total  35  ;  confirmed,  4 ; 
marriages,  7 ;  funerals,  17 ;  communicants,  74  ;  Sunday  school, 
1 ;  teachers,  male  6;  female  6;  total,  12 ;  pupils,  80. 

The  Rector  has  cause  to  be  grateful  to  the  Great  Shepherd 
and  Bishop  of  souls,  for  his  continued  blessings  on  this 
quarter  of  Zion.  During  the  last  year,  there  have  been 
more  baptisms  than  any  preceding  year  of  his  ministry ;  the 
number  of  communicants  has  increased  ;  the  injuries  done  to 
the  church  edifice  by  a  violent  tornado  last  summer  have 
been  repaired  ;  a  variety  of  improvements,  in  every  wise 
creditable  to  our  Vestry,  have  been  made  in  the  ground 
around  the  building. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  George  C.  Drake,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church,  Schuylkill 
Haven,  St.  Paul's  Church,  Minersville,  and  of  other  Missionary  places  in 
Schuylkill  county. 

St.  James'  Church,  Schuylkill  Haven. 
Congregation,  families,  35  ;  adults,  85 ;  children,  56  ;  total. 


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141;  baptisms,  infants,  10;  confirmed,  5;  communicants, 
added,  5;  removals,  2  ;  present  number,  31  ;  marriages,  6  ; 
burials,  4;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  93;  other  days,  31  ; 
total  124  ;  Sunday  schools,  male,  1  ;  teachers,  3  ;  pupils,  24  ; 
female,  1 ;  teachers,  2  ;  pupils,  36  ;  total,  schools,  2  ;  teachers, 
5  ;  pupils,  60  ;  collections,  Episcopal  fund,  $10  50,  Bible  fund, 
$7  04,  Society  for  Advancement  of  Christianity,  $6  48, 
Convention  fund,  $12  05  ;  total,  $36  07. 

St.  Paul's,  Minersville. 

Families  ascertained,  17  ;  baptisms,  infant,  3  ;  confirmed, 
3 ;  burials,  1  ;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  33 ;  week  day,  1  ; 
total,  34  ;  collections  for  parish  purposes,  $10  00. 

Lewellyn. — Public  service,  on  Sundays,  5;  infant  bap- 
tism, 1. 

Costerville. — Public  service,  on  Sundays,  6  ;  infant  bap- 
tism, 5. 

For  the  purpose  of  throwing  light  on  the  state  of  these 
departments  of  my  field  of  labor,  I  remark  : — that  the  church 
at  Schuylkill  Haven  has  been  open  for  Divine  service  on 
Ascension,  Christmas,  Good  Friday,  and  the  day  of  Thanks- 
giving appointed  both  by  the  Ecclesiastical  and  civil  authori- 
ties. On  the  fourth  of  July  I  preached  to  the  children  of  the 
Sunday  schools  of  St.  James',  the  Valley,  Lewellyn  and  Coster- 
ville. A  primary  effort  at  holding  "  a  bee,"  originated  by 
the  ladies  was  attended  with  gratifying  success.  From  the 
ladies  were  received  many  articles  of  use  in  the  family  ;  the 
gentlemen  of  the  Valley,  with  others  of  the  congregation, 
presented  $65  in  money;  while  from  Minersville  and  Coster- 
ville there  came  bounteous  supplies  of  coal,  of  which  there 
remains,  even  at  this  advanced  stage  of  the  season,  a  very 
considerable  abundance. — As  throwing  further  light  on  the 
state  of  my  parish,  I  add,  that  several  of  the  members  of 
the  parish,  by  the  contribution  of  $50  00,  have  constituted 
me  a  Life  Director  of  the  American  Tract  Society. 

During  the  winter,  for  valid  reasons,  I  concentrated  my 
service,  out  of  Schuylkill  Haven,  at   Minersville.     This  ar- 


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rangement  has  not  been  disturbed.  Since  the  period  of  the 
Bishops  visit,  we  have  occupied  the  building  owned  by  the 
English  Baptists.  We  pay  them  a  moderate  rent.  Our  con- 
gregation is  made  up  of  regular  and  attentive  worshippers, 
who  are  not  afraid  "  to  lift  up  their  voice,"  and  the  num- 
ber is  steadily  increasing.  The  interest  now  manifested  in 
the  erection  of  the  Church  edifice,  warrants  the  belief  that  it 
will  be  accomplished  during  the  summer.  I  desire  to  record 
the  liberal  offer  of  Samuel  Heilner,  Esq.,  to  furnish  all  the 
necessary  lumber  for  the  building. 

Besides  the  services  before  enumerated,  I  have  preached 
out  of  my  proper  jurisdiction  five  times,  and  administered 
once  the  Holy  Sacrament  of  the  Lord's  Supper  and  once  that 
of  baptism. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  Henry  W.  Ducachet,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Stephen's  Church, 
Philadelphia. 

Baptisms,  adults,  3 ;  children,  46  ;  total,  49  ;  confirmed. 
10;  marriages,  10;  deaths  and  funerals,  1G  ;  communicants 
estimated  at  275;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  100  ;  other 
days,  49;  total  155;  Sunday  schools,  2;  teachers,  15: 
scholars,  140;  sermons  preached  by  the  Rector,  119;  the 
children  of  the  congregation  generally  were  catechised  every 
Sunday  during  Lent,  and  twice  after  Easter,  8  times;  col- 
lection for  the  Advancement  Society,  $604  55 ;  Domestic 
and  Foreign  Missions,  $167  50;  convention  fund,  $50  00; 
total,  $902  05  ;  besides  this  sum,  there  have  been  raised  by 
subscriptions  and  contributions,  for  the  support  of  the  Episco- 
pate, $150  00;  Bishop  White  Prayer  Book  Society,  $25  00  ; 
Female  Prayer  Book  Society,  $50  00;  Female  Episcopal 
Tract  Society,  $20  00;  for  other  purposes,  $300  00;  total. 
$545  00  ;  total  of  monies  raised,  so  far  as  is  known,  besides 
those  for  charitable  and  parochial  purposes,  $1447  55. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  Charles  M.  Dupuy. 

Since  the  meeting  of  the  last  Convention,  I  have  officiate;! 

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generally  on  Sundays,  by  celebrating  divine  service,  preach- 
ing, and  assisting  in  the  administration  of  the  Holy  Commu- 
nion. 

I  have  baptized  two  children,  and  buried  one  adult. 

At  the  suggestion  of  Bishop  Lee  I  have  from  time  to  time 
supplied  some  of  the  vacant  parishes  in  Delaware. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  H.  Dyer,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Laceyville,  Alle- 
gheny county. 

Congregation,  families,  10;  adults,  25;  Children,  35  ;  total, 
60 ;  baptisms,  adults  1  ;  infants,  4  ;  total,  5  ;  communicants, 
15  ;  marriages,  2  ;  burials,  2. 

During  the  year  I  have  officiated  at  St.  Paul's  and  in  other 
places  42  times.  I  still  retain  the  charge  of  the  Church  at 
Laceyville,  though  regular  services  have  been  suspended 
since  last  December.  My  time  is  mostly  employed  in  my 
duties  at  the  University. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  Wm.  N.  Diehl,  Rector  ef  St.  Thomas'  Church,  in  White- 
marsh,  Montgomery  county. 

Congregation,  families,  25  ;  adults,  70;  children,  65  ;  total 
135  ;  communicants,  12  ;  added,  3  ;  total,  15  ;  baptisms,  adults 
S  ;  infants  7  ;  total  15  ;  marriages,  2  ;  services  on  Sundays,  29 
other  days,  3  ;  total,  32  ;  funerals,  4  ;  Sunday  schools,  male,  1 
teachers,  2  ;  pupils,  25  ;  female,  1  ;  teachers,  4  ;  pupils,  35 
total,  schools,  2  ;  teachers,  6  ;  pupils,  60 ;  collections,  Advance- 
ment Society,  $80  ;  Convention  fund,  $3. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  G.  G.  Field,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Huntingdon 

county. 

Congregation,  families,  12,  adults,  21,  children,  14,  total, 
35 ;  communicants,  present  number,  3  ;  public  services,  on 
Sundays,  51,  other  days,  4,  total,  55;  children  catechized, 
6,  times,  10;  collections  for  the  Society  for  the  Advancement 
of  Christianity,  $2  50. 

I  took  charge  of  St.  John's  Church,  Huntingdon,  Oct.  18th, 


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1843.  As  the  regular  services  of  the  Church  had  been  inter- 
mitted for  several  years,  the  congregation  had  much  diminished 
in  number,  and  was  altogether  in  a  declining  state.  There 
is  now  good  reason  to  hope  that,  with  the  divine  blessing,  its 
prosperity  may,  in  some  degree,  be  revived,  and  that  the 
ministrations  of  the  Gospel  will  be  permanently  established. 
An  effort  will  be  made  to  build  a  church  without  delay.  The 
vestry  are  encouraged  to  take  this  step,  from  the  liberal 
assistance  afforded  them  by  the  friends  of  the  parish  in  the 
city,  and  from  contributions  made  in  the  borough. 

After  my  ordination,  and  before  going  to  Huntingdon,  I 
preached  and  assisted  in  divine  service  several  times  in  the 
city  and  elsewhere. 

Report  of  the  Rev.D.  Frazer,  Rector  of  St.  Luke's  Church,  Newtown,  Bucks 

county. 

Congregations,  families,S  ;  communicants, present  number, 
11;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  8,  other  days,  3,  total,  11  ; 
Sunday  schools,  male,  1,  teachers,  — ,  pupils,  40. 

It  being  only  a  few  weeks  since  I  became  Rector,  my  re- 
port is  necessarily  imperfect.  At  present  we  are  painting 
and  repairing  the  church;  the  congregation  is  on  the  increase, 
and  though  the  members  are  few,  they  are  warmly  attached 
to  the  church,  and  evince  no  little  zeal  in  promoting  her 
prosperity. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  R.  D.  Hall,  Rector  of  St.  Mary's  Church,  Hamiltonville; 

Philadelphia  county. 

Baptisms,  infants,  3,  adults,  1;  marriages,  11.     He   has 

also  assisted  his  clerical  brethren  by  preaching,  and  aiding 

in  the  administration  of  the  Lord's  Supper,  and  in  Prayers. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  G.  E.  Hare,  D.  D.,  officiating  for  the  Rector  of  St.  James' 
Church,  Philadelphia. 

Congregation,  families,  175,  adults,  700  ;  baptisms,  adults. 
2,  infants,  35,  total,  37 ;  communicants,  present  number 
about  376;  burials,  6;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  104; 
other  days,  50,  total,   154;  collections  for  Episcopal  fund, 


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$159  73,  for  Society  for  the  Advancement  of  Christianity, 
SlOO,  for  Convention  fund,  143  72,  and  for  missionary  and 
other  purpose,  $2104  82,  total,  $2508  27. 

Some  of  the  numbers  in  the  above  report  are  copied  from 
the  journal  of  last  year.  In  consequence  of  the  absence  of 
the  Rector,  a  full  or  exact  statement  of  the  condition  of  the 
Church  cannot  be  furnished. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  William  Hilton,  Rector'of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Kittanning, 
Trinity  Church,  Freeport,  and  St.  Michael's  Church,  Wayne  township, 
Armstrong  county. 

St.  Paul's  Church. 

Baptisms,  adults,  4 ;  infants,  12;  total,  16;  communicants 
added,  7  ;  present  number,  34  ;  burials,  6  ;  public  services,  on 
Sundays,  40  ;  other  days,  10  ;  total,  50  ;  children  catechized, 
20  ;  times,  6  ;  Sunday  schools,  male,  1 ;  teachers,  5  ;  pupils, 
26;  female,  1;  teachers,  6;  pupils,  30;  total  schools,  2; 
teachers,  11 ;  pupils,  56;  collections,  Soc.  Adv.  of  Christian- 
ity, $5  ;  Missionary  and  other  purposes,  $40  ;  total,  $45. 

In  addition  to  the  regular  Sunday  services,  we  have  a 
weekly  lecture  on  Thursday  evening,  which  is  generally  well 
attended.  There  has  been,  during  the  past  year,  a  more  than 
usual  degree  of  seriousness  in  this  congregation ;  and  the  rector 
feels  much  encouraged,  in  seeing  the  pleasure  of  the  Lord 
prospering  through  his  instrumentality.  Some  who  had 
grown  old  in  sin,  and  hardened  in  their  crimes,  have 
"yielded  themselves  unto  God,  as  alive  from  the  dead;"  and 
their  names  are  now,  it  is  believed,  written  in  "the  Lamb's 
book  of  life." 

Trinity  Church. 
Baptisms,  adults,  3  ;  infants,  19;  total,  22  ;  communicants 
added,  6  ;  died  or  removed,  S ;  present  number,  56  ;  funerals, 
3  ;  marriages,  2  ;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  42  ;  other  days, 
6 ;  total,  48 ;  children  catechized,  1 5  ;  times,  4 ;  Sunday  schools, 
1  ;  teachers,  9  ;  pupils,  64 ;  collections,  missionary  and  other 
purposes,  $35. 


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The  prospects  of  this  congregation  are  still  encouraging; 
and  the  rector  enjoys  much  satisfaction  in  laboring  among 
them.  In  no  congregation  in  the  western  country  are  the 
services  better  and  more  devoutly  performed,  than  ihey  are 
here.  The  increase  is  gradual,  though  not  rapid  ;  the  Lord  is 
adding  to  the  Church,  from  time  to  time,  such  as  we  hope 
will  be  saved. 

Besides  the  services  on  Sunday,  we  have  a  lecture  on  the 
Saturday  evenings  immediately  preceding  the  Sundays  on 
which  I  officiate  there,  which  is  very  well  attended. 

St.  Michael's  Church. 

Baptisms,  infants,  10;  communicants  added,  4;  died  or 
removed,  2  ;  present  number,  40  ;  burials,  1 ;  public  services, 
on  Sundays,  15  ;  other  days,  4 ;  total,  19  ;  children  catechized, 
20 ;  times,  4. 

I  visit  this  congregation  but  once  in  five  weeks,  and  its  pro- 
gress is  but  slow.  The  attendance  is  always  very  good;  and  the 
rector  has  reason  to  believe  that  his  labors  here  will  not  be 
altogether  fruitless.  A  small  Sunday  school  is  taught  here, 
during  the  summer  months. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  Marmaduke  Hirst,  Rector  of  St.  PeterVOhurch,  Phocnix- 
ville,  Chester  county. 

Congregation,  families,  5;  adults,  50;  children,  20;  total, 
70 ;  baptisms,  infants,  1 ;  communicants,  7 ;  marriages,  ]  ; 
burials,  2  ;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  25. 

The  rector  entered  upon  the  duties  of  this  parish  in 
November  last,  under  circumstances  of  little  encouragement. 
The  small  congregation  formerly  gathered  was  broken  and 
scattered,  and  a  want  of  confidence  in  the  church  seemed  to 
have  taken  hold  of  the  public  mind. 

I  have  officiated  every  Sunday  morning.  The  congrega- 
tion, though  small,  is  very  attentive  and  serious,  and  the 
responses  are  well  performed.  I  cannot  but  hope  that  God 
will  add  to  his  church  here  such  as  shall  be  saved. 


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This  parish  is  greatly  embarrassed,  owing  to  a  heavy  debt 
contracted  in  the  building  of  the  church,  which  is  yet  un- 
finished: this  is  a  great  drawback.  The  members  of  this 
congregation  have  felt  severely  the  pressure  of  the  times,  which 
renders  them  unable  to  finish  the  church.  They  now  appeal 
to  the  benevolence  and  sympathy  of  their  fellow  churchmen, 
whether  all  their  efforts  will  be  in  vain,  and  their  church  edi- 
fice pass  into  other  hands,  and  they  be  deprived  of  the  happy 
privilege  of  going  up  to  the  consecrated  courts  of  the  Lord. 

A  few  hundred  dollars,  under  the  blessing  of  Heaven,  would 
raise  this  parish  from  despair,  give  it  stability,  and  bid  it  go 
on  its  way  rejoicing. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  B.  S.  Huntington,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Concord, 
and  Calvary  Church,  Rockdale,  Delaware  county. 

St.  John's  Church,  Concord. 

Congregation,  families,  42  ;  adults,  95  ;  children,  40  ;  total, 
135  ;  baptisms,  adults,  5  ;  infants,  7  ;  total,  12  ;  communicants 
added,  10 ;  present  number,  52 ;  burials,  5 ;  public  services, 
on  Sundays,  47;  other  days,  29;  total,  76;  children  cate- 
chized in  the  Sunday  school ;  Sunday  school,  1 ;  teachers;  8 ; 
pupils,  50 ;  collections,  Soc.  Adv.  of  Christianity,  $3 ;  mis- 
sionary and  other  purposes,  $53  70;  horse  and  carriage  for 
the  rector,  $70 ;  for  building  a  new  church,  $1100;  total, 
$1226  70. 

The  new  church  is  in  progress,  and  will  probably  be  com- 
pleted in  the  fall.  The  present  state  of  the  church  is,  in  all 
respects,  very  encouraging. 

Calvary  Church,  Rockdale. 

Congregation,  families,  40;  adults,  90;  children,  65;  total, 
155  ;  baptisms,  adults,  2;  infants,  7;  total,  9  ;  communicants 
added,  5 ;  died  or  removed,  19 ;  present  number,  40  ;  burials, 
6  ;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  70  ;  other  days,  25  ;  total,  95 ; 
children  catechized  in  the  Sunday  school ;  Sunday  school,  1  ; 
teachers,  8  ;  pupils,  65  ;  collections,  Episcopal  fund,  $3  ;  Soc. 


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Avd.  of  Christianity,  $3 ;   missionary   and  other  purposes, 
$47  00;  horse  and  carriage  for  rector,  $30;  total,  $83. 

The  church  has  continued  in  a  depressed  state,  owing  to 
the  many  public  calamities  with  which  the  place  has  been 
visited,  and  the  consequent  removal  of  the  greater  part  of  the 
congregation.  The  most  disastrous  of  these  was  the  dread- 
ful storm  and  flood  of  the  5th  of  August,  which  occasioned 
the  loss  of  several  lives,  and  an  immense  amount  of  property. 
The  population  of  the  place  has  so  much  changed  that  this 
field  of  labor  may  be  regarded  almost  as  a  new  one  ;  but  its 
connection  with  the  parish  of  Concord  makes  it  impossible 
for  me  to  occupy  it  fully. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  H.  F.  Hiester,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's  Church,  Lewistown, 
Mifflin  county. 

Congregation,  families,  23;  adults,  67  ;  children,  64  ;  total, 
131:  baptisms,  infants,  6,  including  one  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Natt 
and  one  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Bull ;  communicants,  added,  2  ;  died 
or  removed,  3;  present  number,  29;  marriages,  1;  burials, 
3;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  80 ;  other  days,  30;  total, 
110  ;  children  catechized  monthly  ;  Sunday  schools,  male,  1 ; 
teachers,  3;  pupils,  21  ;  female,  1  ;  teachers,  3;  pupils,  IS; 
total,  2  ;  teachers,  6;  pupils,  39;  collections,  Episcopal  fund, 
$4  ;  missionary  and  other  purposes,  $64  79  ;  total,  $6S  79. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Jaquett 
Reports,  that  during  the  past  year  he  has  been  incapacitated 
for  ministerial  duties  by  indisposition,  but  he  has  given  in- 
struction to  students  in  the  Hebrew  language. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  J.  J.Kerr,  Rector  of  Advent  Church,  Northern  Liberties, 
Philadelphia  county. 

Congregation,  families,  65,  adults,  205,  children,  135, 
total,  340;  baptisms,  adults,  1,  infants,  5,  total,  6  ;  confirmed. 
7;  communicants,  added,  24,  died  or  removed,  8,  present 
number,  101  ;  burials,  5  ;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  104, 
other  days,  63,  total,  167;  children  catechized,  times,  the 


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last  Sunday  of  each  month ;  Sunday  Schools,  male,  1, 
teachers,  10,  pupils,  65;  female,  1,  teachers,  9,  pupils,  55, 
total,  schools,  2,  teachers,  19,  pupils,  120;  collections  for 
Episcopal  fund,  $3  50,  Convention  fund,  $3  50,  and  for 
missionary  and  other  purposes,  $56  50  ;  total,  $63  50. 

We  still  continue  to  worship  in  the  Temperance  Hall,  in 
Third  St.  below  Green.  The  corner-stone  of  our  Church 
was  laid  by  the  Rt.  Rev.  the  Bishop  on  the  13th  inst.,  in  a 
lot  purchased  by  the  vestry  in  the  early  part  of  the  spring, 
on  Old  York  Road,  immediately  above  Tammany  Street. 
The  contractors  are  pushing  forward  the  work  with  all  ex- 
pedition. 

Through  the  Divine  blessing  the  congregation  and  Sunday 
schools  are  in  a  peaceful,  happy,  and  thriving  condition. 
Thus  far  hath  the  Lord  helped  us,  and  in  his  name  we  are 
encouraged  to  go  forward. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  George  Kirke,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  New  London, 
and  St.  James'  Church,  West  Marlborough,  Chester  county. 

St.  John's  Church. 
Baptisms,  adults,  1,  infants,  3,  total,  4  ;  confirmed,  2  ; 
communicants,  added,  2,  died,  1,  removed,  2,  present  num- 
ber 27  ;  burials,  5 ;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  26  ;  other 
days,  16,  total  42  ;  children  catechized,  times,  8;  Sunday 
schools,  1,  teachers,  6,  pupils,  20 ;  collections,  Episcopal 
fund,  $1  53  ;  Society  for  the  Advancement  of  Christianity, 
$2  03;  Convention  fund,  $2  01  ;  total,  $5  57. 

St.  James'  Church,  West  Marlborough. 

Communicants,  3  ;  burials,  1  ;  public  services,  on  Sun- 
days, 26,  other  days,  3,  total  29  ;  children  catechized  once  ; 
collection  for  the  Society  for  the  Advancement  of  Christianity, 
$2  03. 

Besides  the  performance  of  other  services,  not  enumerated 
in  the  Report  of  the  above  mentioned  parishes  ;  their  minis- 
ter has  elsewhere  officiated  three  times  in  the  pulpit,  once  at 
the  Lord's  table,  and  once  at  the  grave. 


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Report  of  Rev.  F.Lane,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  Bradford  county. 

Congregation,  families,  30,  adults,  52,  children,  35,  total, 
87  ;  baptisms,  adults,  4,  infants,  3,  total,  7 ;  confirmed,  S  ; 
communicants,  added,  9,  present  number,  21;  burials,  3; 
public  services,  on  Sundays,  10S,  other  days,  4,  total,  112  ; 
Sunday  schools,  male,  1,  teachers,  2,  pupils,  10;  female, 
teachers,  3,  pupils,  20  ;  total  teachers,  5,  pupils,  30  ;  Bible 
classes,  being  without  suitable  books,  no  class  has  yet  been 
organized ;  collections,  Society  for  the  Advancement  of 
Christianity,  $1   12^  ;  Convention  fund,  $1  68,  total,  $2  SO!. 

The  congregation  at  Troy  has  been  well  sustained  the. 
year  past.  The  friends  of  the  church  are  more  numerous, 
and  their  attachments  stronger.  Her  interests,  though  slowly, 
are  permanently  advancing. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  Milton  C.  Lightner,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Danville, 
Columbia  county. 

Baptisms,  adults,  3,  infants,  15,  total,  18;  confirmed,  7; 
communicants,  added,  8,  removed,  5,  present  number,  69; 
marriages,  3;  burials,  5  :  public  services,  on  Sundays,  104, 
other  days,  113,  total,  217;  children  catechised  weekly  in 
the  Sunday  school;  Sunday  schools,  male,  1,  teachers,  9, 
pupils,  52;  female,  1,  teachers,  11,  pupils,  55,  total,  schools, 
2;  teachers,  20;  pupils,  107;  collections,  Episcopal  fund, 
S3  14;  Society  for  the  Advancement  of  Christianity,  87  00; 
Bishop  White  Prayer  Book  Society,  $5  50 ;  Convention 
Fund,  $5  37^;  missionary  and  other  purposes,  $42  42^  ; 
total,  $63  44. 

Our  tower  has  been  furnished  with  a  noble  bell,  the 
generous  gift  of  one,  whose  hand  is  never  closed  when  the 
Church  is  in  need,  and  to  whom,  under  God,  the  Church  in 
Danville  owes  her  existence.  A  handsome  communion 
service  has  also  been  received,  the  gif&.of  a  few  benevolent 
ladies,  members  of  St.  James'  Church,  Philadelphia. 

My  labours  have  not  been  confined  to  the  town  of  Dan- 

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ville.  They  have  been  extended  to  different  points  in  the 
surrounding  neighbourhood,  at  some  of  which  the  service  of 
the  Church  had  never  been  performed  before. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  Edwin  N.  Lightner,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church,  Muncy, 
Lycoming  county. 

Baptisms,  adults,  1,  infants,  S,  total,  9  ;  confirmed,  4  ; 
communicants,  added,  19,  died  or  dismissed,  2,  present  num- 
ber, 96;  marriages,  6  ;  burials,  11;  public  services,  twice 
every  Sunday  and  occasionally  once  during  the  week;  chil- 
dren catechized,  times,  6  ;  Sunday  schools,  male,  1,  teachers, 
6,  pupils,  40,  female,  1,  teachers,  12,  pupils,  65,  total,  schools, 
2,  teachers,  18,  pupils,  105;  collections,  Advancement  of 
Christianity,  Hi  1  25;  other  purposes,  $15  00. 

A  bell  has  been  placed  in  the  tower  of  the  Church,  weigh- 
ing 396  pounds. 


Report  of  the  Rev.  Samuel  Tiffany  Lord,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Philips- 
burg,  and  Missionary. 

Congregation,  families,  20  ;  baptisms,  infants,  6  ;  commu- 
nicants, added,  3,  withdrawn,  1,  present  number,  23  ;  burials, 
2  ;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  124,  other  days,  65,  total, 
1S9  ;  Sunday  schools,  1,  male  teachers,  3,  female  teachers, 
6,  scholars,  male,  23,  female,  23,  total,  teachers,  9,  scholars, 
46  ;  Bible  class,  meets  weekly  ;  children  catechized"  openly 
in  the  Church,"  12  times;  collections,  Female  Prayer  Book 
Society,  $6  42  ;  Convention  fund,  $7  40;  total,  $21  22. 

Services  have  been  given  every  other  Sunday  to  Philips- 
burg,  besides  a  weekly  night  service.  On  the  intervening 
Sundays  in  Clearfield  and  parts  adjacent.  Our  Sunday  school 
in  Philipsburg  is  prospering  under  the  untiring  exertions  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Philips,  and  a  few  other  teachers,  who  with  a 
zeal  and  devotion  deserving  of  all  praise,  hold  two  sessions 
every  Sunday,  and  labour  to  instil  into  the  minds  and  hearts 
of  the  children,  the  principles  and  truths  of  the  Gospel,  as  held 


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by  the  Church.  Lay  services  are  held  on  the  morning  of  all 
Sundays  that  the  rector  is  absent,  by  Hardman  Philips,  Esq., 
who  has  done  much,  and  purposes  doing  more,  for  the  inter- 
ests of  the  Church  and  religion  in  Philipsburg.  May  the 
good  Lord  remember  him  and  his  liberal  and  devoted  chris- 
tian wife  for  good,  and  give  them  an  abundant  reward  in 
present  enjoyment  of  his  grace  and  favour,  and  eternal  happi- 
ness in  heaven. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  Henry  Major,  Rector  of  St.  Stephen's  Church,  Harrisburg, 
Dauphin  county. 

Baptisms,  children,  4 ;  confirmed,  6  ;  communicants  added. 
S  ;  removed,  8  ;  withdrawn,  1 ;  present  number,  53  ;  marri- 
ages, 4 ;  burials,  3 ;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  95  ;  other 
days,  41 ;  total,  136  ;  Sunday  schools,  1  ;  collections,  for  Mis- 
sions, $62  11. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  J.  H.  Marsden,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  York,  York 
county,  and  Christ  Church,  Adams  county. 

St.  John's  Church. 
Baptisms,  adults,  1 ;  infants,  6  ;  confirmed,  1 ;  communi- 
cants added,  3  ;  removed,  1 ;  present  number,  about  19;  col- 
lections, (see  report  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  Society  for  the 
Advancement  of  Christianity  in  Pennsylvania,  and  report  of 
Convention  fund.) 

Christ  Church. 

Baptisms,  adults,  1 ;  infants,  3;  confirmed,  2;  communicants 
added,  1 ;  died,  4  ;  present  number,  about  30;  marriages,  1 ; 
collections,  (see  report  as  above.) 

1  officiate  in  each  of  these  parishes  alternately  on  Sundays. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  J.  Gordon  Maxwell,  Rector  of  Emanuel  Church,  Kensing- 
ton, Philadelphia  county. 

Baptisms,  adults,  3;  infants,  41 ;  total,  44;  confirmed,  15; 
communicants  added,  26;  died  or  removed,  12;  present 
number,  150;  marriages,  8 ;  burials,  13;  public  services,  on 


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Sundays,  102;  other  days,  50 ;  total,  152  ;  children  catechized, 
297  ;  several  times ;  Sunday  school,  male  teachers,  1 1 ;  pupils, 
109;  female  teachers,  20;  pupils,  188;  total  teachers,  31; 
pupils,  297;  collections,  Episcopal  fund,  $5;  Convention 
fund,  $5;  missionary  and  other  purposes,  $132  ;  total,  $142. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  Robert  M.  Mitcheson. 
For  the  last  few  months,  I  have  been  assisting  the  rector  of 
Grace  church  in  the  discharge  of  his  arduous  duties.     Since 
the  adjournment  of  the  last  Convention,  I  have  officiated  in 
the  diocese  and  elsewhere,  9S  times. 

Report  of  the   Rev.  J.  John  M'Elhinny,  Rector  of  Trinity   Church,  New- 
Haven,  Fayette  county. 

Congregation,  families,  23  ;  adults,  60;  children  38;  total, 
98;  baptisms,  infants,  6;  confirmed,  5;  communicants,  added, 
5;  died  or  removed,  2  ;  present  number,  26  ;  burials,  4; 
public  services  on  Sundays,  48;  other  days,  5  ;  total,  53  ;  Sun- 
day school,  1  ;  teachers,  male,  3 ;  female,  5  ;  total,  8  ;  pupils 
about  50  ;  Bible  class,  1  ;  members,  10. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  T.  H.  Michell,  M.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Water- 
ford,  Erie  county. 

Congregation,  families,  25  ;  adults,  58  ;  children,  32  ;  total, 
90 :  baptisms,  infants,  1  ;  total,  1  ;  communicants,  added,  1  : 
died  or  removed,  1  ;  present  number,  22  ;  marriages,  2  ;  buri- 
als, 4;  public  services  on  Sundays,  52;  other  days,  S;  total, 
60  ;  Sunday  school,  1 ;  teachers,  2  ;  pupils,  10 ;  Bible  class,  I : 
members,  10. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  Orrin  Miller,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Meadville,  Craw- 
ford county. 

As  my  resignation  of  Christ  Church,  Meadville,  took  effect 
on  the  25th  ultimo,  and  as  the  time  of  the  Convention  of 
this  diocese  is  at  hand,  it  becomes  my  duty  to  report  the  state 
of  the  parish. 


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Since  my  last  report  there  have  been  no  very  essential 
changes. 

Congregation,  families,  64;  adults,  260;  children,  160; 
total,  420 ;  baptisms,  infants,  6  ;  communicants  added,  2  ;  died, 
1  ;  removed,  1 ;  present  number,  75  ;  marriages,  1 ;  burials,  2  ; 
public  services  on  Sundays,  about  86  ;  on  other  days,  about 
15;  total,  101  ;  Sunday  schools,  male  teachers,  4  ;  female,  7; 
pupils,  75. 

Having  been  much  indisposed  in  health  during  the  last 
six  months,  I  have  not  been  able  to  perform  as  much  service 
as  in  the  preceding  year. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  George  Mintzer,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church,  Perkiomen, 
Montgomery  county. 

Congregation,  families,  50  ;  baptisms,  adults,  2  ;  confirmed, 
20 ;  communicants,  added,  S  ;  marriages,  9  ;  burials,  4  ;  public 
services,  on  Sundays,  52  ;  other  days,  12  ;  children  catechised 
14  ;  times,  2  ;  Sunday  schools,  male,  1 ;  teachers,  5  ;  pupils, 
50  ;  female,  1  ;  teachers,  S ;  pupils,  40 ;  total  schools,  2 ; 
teachers,  13;  pupils,  90;  collections,  Episcopal  fund,  $4; 
Society  for  Advancement  of  Christianity,  $8  41;  Convention 
fund,  $5;  total,  $17  41. 

During  the  present  year  a  neat  and  commodious  Church 
edifice  has  been  erected  for  the  worship  of  Almighty  God, 
according  to  the  prescribed  form  of  our  Apostolic  Church, 
and  amply  to  accommodate  the  congregation.  The  corner 
stone  was  layed  on  the  first  day  of  August  last ;  and  the 
building  completed  and  consecrated  by  the  Bishop  of  the 
Diocese,  on  the  26th  of  March  last. 

It  is  devoutly  hoped  that  the  congregation  who  worship 
here,  will  compose  part  of  that  spiritual  building  made  up  of 
those  lively  stones  to  offer  up  spiritual  sacrifice  acceptable  to 
God  by  Jesus  Christ,  and  thus  become  an  Holy  Temple  in 
the  Lord.  In  reviewing  the  past  we  find  much  to  encourage 
and  cheer  us  in  our  present  work.  The  House  of  God  is 
well  attended,  and  an  interest  manifested  on  the  subject  of 
religion  particulary  among  the  young. 


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Report  of  the    Rev.  R.  U.  Morgan,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Reading, 
Berks  county. 

Congregation,  families,  59  ;  adults,  175 ;  children,  99  ;  total, 
274;  baptisms,  infants,  10;  confirmed,  4;  communicants, 
added,  16 ;  died,  1  ;  removed,  9  ;  present  number,  99  ;  mar- 
riages, 6  ;  burials,  1  adult ;  infants,  4  ;  total,  5;  public  services, 
on  Sundays,  99  ;  other  days,  74  ;  total  173  ;  Sunday  schools, 
male  teachers,  11 ;  pupils,  58  ;  female  teachers,  15  ;  pupils,  77 ; 
total,  schools,  2;  teachers,  26  ;  pupils,  135  ;  children  catechis- 
ed, all  the  pupils  of  the.  Sunday  schools  ;  times,  a  portion  of 
them  every  Sunday  ;  all  of  them,  monthly  in  the  school,  and 
also  quarterly  in  the  church,  by  the  rector  :  Bible  class,  1 ; 
members,  10;  collections,  Society  Advancement  of  Christiani- 
ty, $14  38  ;  Convention  fund,  $9  87s  ;  missionary  and  other 
purposes,  $748  32  ;  total,  $762  57! 

The  sixth  Sunday  after  Trinity,  July  16th,  I  performed 
divine  service  and  preached  in  St.  Gabriel's  Church,  Morlattin, 
in  the  morning  ;  and  also  in  the  afternoon  and  evening  of  the 
same  day,  in  Christ's  Church,  Pottstown. 


Report  of  the  Rev.  Jacob  B.  Morss,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Pottsville, 
Schuylkill  county. 

Congregation,  families,  87;  adults,  226;  children,  164; 
total,  390;  baptisms,  adults,  3;  infants,  33  ;  total,  36  ;  1  child 
received  into  the  church,  having  been  privately  baptised 
when  sick ;  confirmed,  8 ;  being  the  second  confirmation 
within  the  year;  communicants,  added,  9 ;  died,  2  ;  removed, 
6;  present  number,  51 ;  marriages,  7 ;  burials,  18;  public 
services  on  Sundays,  102  ;  other  days,  48 ;  total,  150  ;  children 
catechised — the  plan  of  monthly  catechising  openly  in  the 
church,  has  been  lately  introduced  ;  Sunday  schools,  male,  2  ; 
teachers,  10 ;  pupils,  75 ;  female,  2 ;  teachers,  10 ;  pupils,  125; 
total,  schools,  4  ;  teachers,  20  ;  pupils,  200 ;  collections,  Epis- 
copal fund,  $11  22  ;  Society  for  the  Advancement  of  Christi- 
anity, $11  30;  Quinquagesima  collections,  $13  10  ;  Conven- 


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tion  fund,  S12  00;  Sunday  school  and  communion  collections, 
$95  45;  total  $143  07. 

In  addition  to  the  above  named  amount,  this  congregation 
have  within  a  few  months  raised  the  sum  of  seventeen  hun- 
dred dollars,  and  liquidated  a  large  debt  contracted  in  build- 
ing their  Church,  which  has  heretofore  clouded  the  prospects, 
and  at  times  threatened  the  destruction  of  the  Church. 

Some  increase  of  communicants,and  the  general  good  atten- 
dance on  the  morning  services  of  the  Church,  as  well  as  the, 
constant  demand  for  pews,  encourage  the  rector  to  believe, 
that  there  has  been  no  falling  off  in  the  spiritual  affairs  of 
this  congregation,  while  its  temporal  prospects  have  essential- 
ly brightened. 

The  desire  expressed  by  foreign  protestants,  from  the  An- 
gelican  Church,  who  have  sought  occupation  in  the  surround- 
ing mines,  to  unite  with  the  American  branch  of  the  Church, 
as  well  as  a  disposition  among  some  of  the  dissenters  to 
connect  themselves  with  the  Church  of  Christ,  have  induced 
the  Vestry  of  Trinity  Church  to  make,  for  their  accommoda- 
tion, alterations  in  the  interior,  and  an  enlargement  of  their 
edifice,  which  is  now  under  contract,  and  will  be  completed 
in  a  few  weeks. 

But  while  an  anxious  desire  is  evinced  on  the  part  of  this 
congregation  to  make  provision  for  the  religious  worship  of 
the  two  thousand  English  protestant  miners  who  have  emi- 
grated to  this  vicinity,  (many  of  whom  are  employed  in  the 
service  of  strangers,)  it  can  hardly  be  expected  of  a  handful 
of  churchmen,  like  this  congregation,  who  are  actively  en- 
gaged in  a  business  requiring  all  the  capital  they  can  com- 
mand; unaided  and  alone  to  supply  a  house  of  worship  of 
sufficient  space  to  accommodate  so  large  a  number ;  and  it  is 
but  reasonable  to  expect,  that  the  whole  Church  of  Pennsyl- 
vania will  lend  her  aid,  and  assist  us  in  our  endeavours  to 
spread  the  gospel  among,  and  draw  into  her  fold,  this  neglec- 
ted portion  of  population,  before  they  are  swallowed  up  by 
the  various  bodies  of  dissenters  by  whom  we  are  surrounded. 


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Report  of  ihe  Rev.  S.  P.  Nash,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Carbondale,  Lu- 
zerne county 

Congregation,  families,  28  ;  adults,  60  ;  children,  70 ;  total, 
130;  baptisms,  adults,  2;  infants,  16;  total,  IS;  communi- 
cants, added,  S  ;  died  or  removed,  4  ;  present  number,  39  ; 
burials,  3  ;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  67;  other  days,  6  ; 
total,  73 ;  children  catechized,  times,  5  ;  Sunday  schools, 
male,  1  ;  teachers,  6  ;  pupils,  37 ;  Female,  1  :  teachers,  7 ; 
pupils,  45;  total,  schools,  2  ;  teachers,  13;  pupils,  S2 ;  col- 
lections for  different  purposes,  $24  00. 

The  present  rector  of  this  parish  entered  upon  its  duties 
the  20th  August  last,  from  which  time  to  the  1st  of  May  the 
above  report  extends. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  Geo.  W.  Natt,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Bellefonte, 
Philipsburg,  Centre  county. 

Congregation,  families,  24  ;  adults,  63  ;  children,  73  ;  total, 
136  ;  baptisms,  adults,  2  ;  infants,  9  ;  total,  11  ;  communicants, 
added,  1  ;  died  or  removed,  4  ;  present  number,  23  ;  burials, 
8;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  105;  other  days,  44;  total, 
149  ;  children  catechised,  30,  monthly  ;  Sunday  school,  1  ; 
teachers,  male,  3  ;  female,  6  ;  pupils,  30  ;  collections,  Episco- 
pal fund,  $3  75  ;  Society  Advancement  of  Christianity,  $19 
S0|;  missionary  and  other  purposes,  $91  6&f;  total,  $115  231. 

Within  the  last  year,  an  organ  has  been  purchased,  at  the 
cost  of  $300  00,  and  various  improvements  made  upon  the 
parsonage  and  church  lot.  The  services,  of  late  have  been 
better  attended  than  formerly.  The  growth  of  the  church, 
in  this  region,  has  been  and  will  be  slow.  But,  by  God's 
blessing  on  his  own  appointments,  we  may  hope,  that  gradu- 
ally many  will  be  added  to  her  fold,  of  such  as  shall  be  saved. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  Edmund  Neville,  Rector  of  St.  Philip's  Church,  Spring 
Garden,  Philadelphia  county. 

Congregation,  families,  205  ;  baptisms,  adults,  5 ;  infants, 

25  ;  total,  30  ;  confirmed,  26  ;  communicants,  added,  35  ;  died 

or  removed,  17;  present  number,252;  marriages,  15;  burials, 


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11;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  92;  other  days,  71;  total,  163 
children  catechised,  360 ;  times,  6  ;  Sunday  schools,  male,  2 
teachers,  18  ;  pupils,  231 ;  female,  2  ;  teachers,  20 ;  pupils,  240 
total,  schools,  4  ;  teachers,  38  ;  pupils,  471 ;  Bible  classes,  2 
members,  58  ;  collections,  Episcopal  fund,  $35  ;  Society  Ad- 
vancement of  Christianity,  $170;  missionary  and  other  pur- 
poses, $1456  99;  total,  $1661  99. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  Richard  Newton,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Philadel- 
phia city. 

Congregation,  families,  250  ;  baptisms,  adults,  9  ;  infants, 
29  ;  total,  38  ;  confirmed,  2S  ;  communicants  added,  30  ;  died 
or  removed,  S  ;  present  number,  500;  marriages,  19  ;  burials, 
15  ;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  104  ;  other  days,  125  ;  total, 
229;  Sunday  schools,  male,  1;  teachers,  16;  pupils,  90; 
female,  2  ;  teachers,  20;  pupils,  210 ;  total,  schools,  3  ;  teach- 
ers, 36;  pupils,  350;  Bible  classes,  2;  members,  60;  collections, 
Episcopal  fund,  $15;  missionary  and  other  purposes, 
$1S90;   total,  $1905. 

Report  of  the   Rev.  Win.  Herbert   Norris,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church, 
Carlisle,  Cumberland  county. 

Baptisms,  infants,  3  ;  adult,  1  ;  total,  4  ;  confirmed,  3 ;  com- 
municants added,  4  ;  died  or  removed,  12;  present  number, 
58 ;  marriages,  4 ;  burials,  3 ;  public  services,  on  Sundays, 
90 ;  other  days,  35 ;  total,  125 ;  children  catechised  monthly 
in  the  church  ;  Sunday  school,  1 ;  teachers,  5  ;  scholars  about 
40  ;  collections,  Advancement  Society,  $35  ;  Episcopal  fund, 
$10;  Convention  fund,  S5 ;  missionary  and  other  purposes, 
25;  total,  $13?  25. 


Report  of  the  Rev.  W.  H.  Odenheimer,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  in  the 
city  of  Philadelphia. 

Congregation,  families,  200  ;  baptisms,  adults,  1 9;  infants, 
120;  total,  139;  confirmed,  32  ;  communicants  added,  25; 
died  or  removed,  7;  present  number,  319;  marriages,  12; 
burials,  22  ;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  108  ;  on  Holy  days, 

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91;   on  other  days,   3S1;   total,   580;   children  catechised, 
monthly,  "openly  in  the  church;"  Sunday  schools,  male,  1 
teachers,  10  ;  pupils,  96  ;  female,  1 ;  teachers,  36  ;  pupils,  147 
infant  school,  1  ;   teachers,  8 ;   pupils,  90 ;   Bible   class,  1 
teacher,  1 ;  pupils,  10;  catechetical  classes,  male,  1 ;  teacher,  1 
pupils,  13;  female,  1;  teacher,  1;  pupils,  8;  day  school,  1;  teachers 
2  ;  pupils,  110;  adult  school,  male,  1 ;  teachers,  7 ;  pupils,  35 1 
female,  1  ;  teachers,  13  ;  pupils,  47  ;  total,  schools,  6  ;  teachers, 
79 ;   pupils,  556 ;    collections,  for   the    Episcopal   fund   and 
Episcopate,  $180  00;.  Society  for  the  Advancement  of  Chris- 
tianity, $500  00;  General  Theological  Seminary,  $135  00; 
Convention  fund,  $100  00;  Bishop  White  Prayer  Book  Socie- 
ty, $100  00;  Female  Prayer  Book  Society,  $80  00;  missionary 
and  other  purposes,  $2865  00  ;  total,  $3680  00. 

Amount  collected  at  the  offertory  in  the  Holy  Communion, 
$684  47  ;  distributed  in  private  charities,  $966  42. 

During  the  last  year,  the  chime  of  six  bells  presented  to 
St.  Peter's  Church  by  B.  Wilcocks,  Esq.,  has  been  increased  to 
eight,  through  the  liberality  of  the  same  donor. 

The  church  has  been  open  every  day,  since  the  first  day  of 
Lent,  for  the  morning  and  evening  prayer :  the  interest  which 
these  services  create  is  most  encouraging. 

For  the  continued  peace  and  prosperity  of  his  parish,  the 
rector  returns  most  humble  and  hearty  thanks  to  Almighty 
God. 


Report  of  the  Rev.  Fred.  Ogilby,  Rector  of  Ascension  Church,  Philadelphia. 
Baptisms,  adults,  3  ;  infants,  23  ;  total,  26  ;  confirmed  20  ; 
communicants  added,  28;  died  or  removed,  14;  present 
number,  231  ;  marriages,  2;  burials,  14;  public  services,  on 
Sundays,  118;  other  days,  135;  total,  253;  children  cate- 
chized, 12  ;  times,  the  afternoon  service  of  every  third  Sunday 
in  each  month  devoted  to  this  purpose  ;  Sunday  schools, 
teachers,  21 ;  pupils,  192  ;  Bible  class,  1 ;  members,  9 ;  collec- 
tions, Soc.  Adv.  of  Christianity,  $37  70;  missionary  and 
other  purposes,  $457  34  ;  total,  $495  04. 


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Report  of  the  Rev.  Willie  Peck,  Rector  of  St.  David's   (Radnor)  Church, 
Newtown,  Delaware  county. 

Baptisms,  adults,  5  ;  infants,  12  ;  total,  17;  confirmed,  11; 
communicants  added,  14  ;  died,  1 ;  removed,  6  ;  present  num- 
ber, 75 ;  marriages,  3 ;  burials,  9  ;  public  services,  on  Sundays, 
52;  other  days,  as  opportunities  allow;  children  catechized, 
50;  Sunday  schools,  2;  male  teachers,  4;  female  teachers,  5; 
pupils,  70;  collections,  Episcopal  fund,  §4  18!  ;  Convention, 
$2;  Soc.  Adv.  of  Christianity,  $4;  other  purposes,  551600; 
total,  $1610  181. 

The  people  of  this  parish,  by  their  uniform  adherence  to 
the  sacred  principles  of  Christianity,  are  approved  of  men  and 
blessed  of  God. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  W.  S.  Perkins,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church,  Bristol. 

Congregation,  families,  65;  baptisms,  infants,  18;  commu- 
nicants, 65;  marriages,  4;  burials,  11;  public  services,  on 
Sundays,  104  ;  other  days,  65;  Sunday  school,  teachers,  14; 
scholars,  110;  collections  for  various  benevolent  purposes, 
390. 

The  services  of  this  church  have  been  well  attended,  and 
entire  harmony  has  prevailed  among  us,  yet  the  rector  has  to 
lament  that  his  labors  have  not  been  followed  by  as  encour- 
aging results  as  in  former  years;  he  is,  nevertheless,  not 
discouraged,  but  is  still  disposed  to  labor  and  .not  to  faint, 
looking  for  "times  of  refreshing  from  the  presence  of  the 
Lord." 

Report  of  the  Rev.  John  B.  Pradt,  Missionary  at  Coudersport,  Potter  county. 

Congregation,  families,  25;  adults,  60;  children,  50;  total 
110;  baptisms,  adults,  3;  infants,  11  ;  total,  14;  confirmed,  7 
communicants  added,  10 ;  died  or  removed,  4  ;  marriages,  2 
burials,  1  ;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  96 ;  other  days,  4 
total,  100;  Episcopal  fund,  $1 ;  Soc.  Adv.  of  Christianity,  $1 
Convention  fund,  $1 ;  total,  $3. 

A  parish  was  organized  during  last  Easter  week,  and  the 
previous  missionary  elected  rector. 


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I  formerly  extended  my  labors  to  Smethport,  in  McKean 
county,  and  to  other  points,  but  at  present  I  devote  them 
principally  to  Coudersport,  being  unable  to  leave  home  much, 
in  consequence  of  the  necessity  of  teaching  school  to  gain  a 
subsistence.  The  parish  is  small,  and  limited  in  pecuniary 
ability  ;  and  labors  under  much  inconvenience  for  want  of  a 
church.  No  place  for  public  worship  has  ever  been  erected 
in  the  county  !  The  people  would  do .  something  towards 
building  a  church,  could  they  receive  aid.  The  parish  is 
destitute  of  communion  plate,  and  of  books  and  vestments 
for  Divine  service. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  William  Preston,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Pitts- 
burg, Allegheny  county. 

Baptisms,  adults,  2  ;  infants,  21 ;  total,  23  ;  confirmed,  21 ; 
communicants  added,  36  ;  died  or  removed,  15 ;  present  num- 
ber, 152;  marriages,  3;  burials,  3;  children  catechized  in 
Sunday  school;  Sunday  schools,  2;  teachers,  20;  pupils,  191; 
Bible  class,  1 ;  collections,  missionary  and  other  purposes, 
about  $300. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  Azariah  Prior,  Rector  of  St.  David's  Church,  Manayunk, 
Baptisms,  children,  16  ;  adults,  3  ;  total,  19  ;  marriages,  3  ; 
burials,  10  ;  communicants,  36,  of  whom  30  have  been  added 
within  the  last  six  months  ;  families  in  the  parish,  53  ;  com- 
prising about  300  individuals;  Sunday  school,  150  pupils 
and  16  teachers;  Bible  class,  1 ;  public  services,  on  Sundays, 
twice,  besides  a  weekly  lecture. 

The  rector  commenced  his  labors  in  this  parish  the  first  of 
November  last,  under  very  disheartening  circumstances.  The 
congregation  was  feeble,  and  the  church  in  an  unsettled  state, 
having  been  without  a  settled. pastor  for  more  than  six  months 
previous.  The  prospects  of  the  church  are  now,  however, 
more  encouraging.  The  congregation  has  more  than  doubled, 
thirty  have  been  added  to  the  communion  list,  and  the 
Sabbath  school  has  increased  from  fifty  to  one  hundred  and 
fifty  pupils.    The  church  edifice  is  now  undergoing  alterations 


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and  repairs,  for  the  completion  of  which  between  seven  and 
eight  hundred  dollars  has  either  been  pledged  or  collected. 

In  consequence  of  these  expenditures,  and  the  comparative 
feeble  state  of  the  congregation,  no  collections  have  been  made 
in  behalf  of  missionary  and  other  purposes.  The  rector, 
however,  hopes,  under  the  Divine  blessing,  soon  to  put  into 
operation  a  plan  for  concentrating  the  efforts  and  offerings  of 
the  congregation,  in  behalf  of  the  great  objects  of  christian 
charity,  contemplated  by  the  institutions  of  the  church, 

§  — 

Report  of  the  Rev.  Thomas  H.  Quinan,  Rector  of  the  Church  of  the  Evange- 
lists, Southwark,  Philadelphia  county. 

This  church  occupies  a  missionary  field.  It  is  supported 
in  part  by  voluntary  contributions  from  other  churches  and 
individuals.  The  sittings  are  free,  and  its  success  warrants 
the  supposition  that  more  churches  upon  this  plan  are  needed, 
and  would  be  acceptable  to  those  of  slender  means.  Another  in 
the  same  neighborhood  would  be  filled  in  a  short  time  by  those 
excluded  in  consequence  of  the  limited  church  accommodation 
in  this  district.  Will  not  the  benevolent  direct  their  attention 
to  this  destitute  field,  and  supply  the  demand  for  places  of 
public  worship  ? 

There  are  332  families  under  the  rector's  care.  But  little 
more  than  a  representative  from  each  can  find  room  in  our 
church.  Our  communion  list  at  the  commencement  of  this 
year  numbered  234  individuals.  Of  those,  123  were  added 
during  the  last  two  years.  A  deficiency  of  126  arose  during 
the  same  period  from  various  causes : — 4S  went  to  the  church 
of  the  Ascension — 35  to  other  churches — 11  deceased,  and  we 
are  sorry  to  add,  12  by  declension.  Several  of  our  communi- 
cants are  very  young — some  only  fourteen  years  of  age,  but 
who  are  walking  well.  The  entire  number  of  attendants 
upon  the  Sunday  schools  is  424.  Baptism  has  been  adminis- 
tered to  14  adults,  and  88  infants.  Although  surrounded  by 
those  who  call  themselves  "  Baptists,"  there  is  an  undimin- 
ished desire  for  infant  baptism.  The  rector  has  attended,  with 
the  last  sad  office  of  the  church,  27  persons  of  all  ages. 


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The  amount  contributed  in  the  church  for  its  current 
expenses,  is  $448  72.  The  mode  of  weekly  subscriptions  of 
small  amount  is  successful.  By  quarterly  collections,  and 
through  the  Sunday  schools,  together  with  communion  offer- 
ings, and  for  repairs,  &c,  have  been  received  for  its  various 
benevolent  objects,  $304  78. 

We  humbly  hope  the  blessing  of  God  is  with  us,  and  rests 
upon  the  friends  of  this  effort. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  John  Rodney,  Rector  o|St.  Luke's  Church,  Germantown. 
Communicants  added,  14,  died  or  removed,  7;  present 
number,  101;  baptisms,  adults,  4 ;  children,  13;  total,  17; 
burials,  12;  confirmed,  4;  families,  about  80;  individuals, 
400;  Sunday  schools,  2;  teachers,  16;  pupils,  130;  collec- 
tions and  contributions,  for  missionary  and  kindred  benevo- 
lent purposes,  about  $600,  $400  of  which  was  contributed  by 
the  "  Ladies  Association  of  St.  Luke's  Church  ;"  of  this 
amount,  $150  was  paid  to  the  Advancement  Society  of  Penn- 
sylvania, $100  to  D.  &  F.  M.  Society,  $100  for  the  Sunday 
school  purposes,  $35  to  Prayer  Book  Society,  and  the  remain- 
der to  Kenyon  and  Kemper  colleges,  to  the  Nashotah  mis- 
sion, and  to  some  poor  churches. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  J.  M.  Rogers,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Easton,  North- 
ampton county. 

Baptisms,  adults,  2 ;  infants,  10;  total,  12;  communicants 
added,  6  ;  died  or  removed,  5  ;  present  number,  48 ;  burials, 
2;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  96  ;  other  days,  29  ;  total,  125  ; 
children  catechized,  17  ;  times,  20  ;  Sunday  schools,  male,  1 ; 
teachers,  2;  pupils,  12;  female,  1;  teachers,  2;  pupils,  14; 
total  schools,  2  ;  teachers,  4  ;  pupils,  26  ;  collections,  Soc.  Adv. 
of  Christianity,  $10;  missionary  and  other  purposes,  $190; 
total,  $200. 

The  church  at  Easton  has  been  better  attended  for  the  last 
twelve  months  than  since  I  have  had  charge  of  it,  and  we  are 
now  in  peace  and  unity.  Seven  or  eight  who  have  caused 
divisions  have  withdrawn  from  the  communion — most  of 


whom  have  not  contributed  to  the  support  of  the  church 
since  I  came  here.  This  I  mention  merely  as  a  proof  that 
their  hearts  could  not  have  been  very  zealously  inclined  to  the 
welfare  of  our  Zion.  "  They  went  out  from  us  because  they 
were  not  of  us,  for  if  they  had  been  of  us,  they  would  no 
doubt  have  continued  with  us." 

Report  of  W.  H.  Sayre,  Warden  of  St.  Mark's  Church,  Mauch  Chunk,  Car- 
bon county. 

Baptisms,  infants,  10 ;  communicants  added,  4  ;  withdrawn, 
1;  died,  1;  present  number,  16;  burials,  2;  confirmed,  1; 
congregation,  adults,  40 ;  public  services  at  Mauch  Chunk  on 
Sundays,  by  Rt.  Rev.  H.  U.  Onderdonk,  D.  D.,  2— Rev.  J. 
M.  Rogers,  2— Rev.  G.  C.  Drake,  2— Rev.  Peter  Russell,  3 ; 
other  days,  2 ;  total,  11  ;  public  services  at  Summit  Hill  on 
Sundays  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Bourns,  2 — Rev.  Peter  Russell,  1  ; 
other  days  1  ;  total,  4  ;  Sunday  school,  1  ;  superintendent,  1  ; 
1  male  and  2  female  teachers,  and  19  children  of  both  sexes. 

In  September  last  this  parish  received  an  Episcopal  visit 
from  the  Rt.  Rev.  the  Bishop  of  the  diocese,  who  confirmed  1 
person. 

Having  no  rector,  the  lay  worship  of  the  church  has  been 
regularly  performed  every  Sunday  morning,  when  the  con- 
gregation has  not  been  visited  by  a  clergyman. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  0.  Evans  Shannon,  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  Honesdale, 
Wayne  county. 

Congregation,  families,  42  ;  adults,  130;  children,  75;  total, 
205  ;  baptisms,  infants,  12  ;  communicants  added,  7  ;  died  or 
removed,  2  ;  present  number,  59  ;  marriages,  7  ;  burials,  16  ; 
public  services,  on  Sundays,  104  ;  other  days,  52  ;  total,  156; 
(in  addition  to  the  above,  the  rector  has  preached  in  Canaan, 
9  times,  in  Prompton  twice,  at  Cherry  Bridge  once,  and  at 
Indian  Orchard  once.  He  has  also  preached  and  adminis- 
tered the  communion  twice  in  Trinity  church,  Carbondale;) 
children  catechized,  36  ;  times,  4  ;  Sunday  schools,  male,  1  ; 
teachers,  4  ;  pupils,  48  ;  female,  1  ;  teachers,  9  ;  pupils,  51  ; 


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total  schools,  2  ;  teachers,  13 ;  pupils,  99;  Bible  class,  1 ;  mem- 
bers, 20 ;  collections,  Convention  fund,  $5  371 ;  missionary 
and  other  purposes,  $455  10  ;  total,  $460  47i. 

Since  the  last  report,  our  church  has  undergone  some  repairs: 
the  old  pulpit  has  been  taken  down,  and  one  of  more  modern 
style  erected  in  its  place.  We  have  also  purchased  a  new 
organ,  and  have  had  it  put  up  in  the  church.  The  prospects 
of  the  church  in  this  village  continue  to  brighten  ;  our  services 
are  well  attended,  and  we  trust  that  the  Divine  blessing  will 
rest  upon  the  means  employed  to  gain  souls  unto  the  Lord. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  Oliver  A.  Shaw,  officiating  in  All  Saints'  Church,  Moya- 
mensing,  Philadelphia  county. 

Congregation,  families,  30 ;  adults,  40  ;  children,  70  ;  total, 
110;  baptisms,  children,  14;  confirmed,  1  ;  Sunday  schools, 
male,  1  ;  teachers,  3  ;  pupils,  30  ;  female,  1 ;  teachers,  7  ; 
pupils,  45  ;  total  teachers  and  pupils,  85. 

This  church  was  taken  in  charge  by  its  present  minister  in 
October  last,  and  was,  at  that  time,  in  consequence  of  having 
been  destitute  of  a  pastor  for  some  months,  in  an  extremely 
depressed  condition.  The  congregation  has,  however,  been, 
in  some  measure,  gathered  again,  and  will,  by  God's  blessing, 
continue  to  increase. 

The  author  of  this  report  left  the  parish  of  St.  Luke's, 
Newtown,  Bucks  county,  in  October  last.  At  that  time  the 
congregation  was  very  flourishing.  Seven  were  confirmed 
on  the  5th  of  Nov.  shortly  after  the  semi-annnal  engagement 
with  the  rector  expired,  and  every  thing  pertaining  to  the 
church  bade  fair,  under  the  auspices  of  a  faithful  minister  of 
Christ,  to  advance  in  prosperity.  It  has  been  recently  ascer- 
tained that  this  church  is  now  under  precisely  such  auspices, 
both  of  fidelity  and  success. 

Report  of  the   Rev.  George  Sheets,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,   in  Oxford 
township,  Philadelphia  county. 

Baptisms,  infants,  6  ;  communicants,  present   number,  50; 


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marriages,  14;  burials,  23;  public  services,  on  Sundays, 
twice;  children  catechised,  at  church,  16  times;  in  the  Sun- 
day school  at  Frankford,  the  first  Sunday  in  each  month : 
Sunday  school,  male  and  female,  1  ;  teachers,  9  :  pupils,  64  ; 
collections,  Episcopal  fund,  $5  11;  Society  for  Advancement 
of  Christianity,  $23  05 ;  missionary  and  other  purposes. 
$5S  62  ;  total,  $86  78. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  Richard  Smith,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Spring- 
ville,  Susquehanna  county,  St.  Paul's  Church,  Montrose,  Susquehanna 
county,  and  St.  Matthew's  Church,  Pike,  Bradford  county. 

St.  Andrew's  Church. 

Congregation,  families,  33  ;  adults,  112;  children,  5S  ;  total, 
170;  baptisms,  infants,  2  ;  total,  2  ;  communicants,  died,  1  ; 
present  number,  64  ;  marriages,  1  ;  burials,  3 ;  at  other 
places  3 ;  total,  6  ;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  90  ;  other 
days,  30;  total,  120;  children  catechised,  times,  3;  Sunday 
schools,  male,  4  ;  female,  9  ;  number  of  teachers  and  pupils 
unknown  at  present ;  Bible  classes,  1  ;  members,  12  ;  collec- 
lections,  Soc.  Adv.  of  Christianity,  $10  2S  ;  parish  expenses, 
$7  71  ;  total,  $17  99. 

The  scarcity  of  money  in  this  section  of  country  has  ren- 
dered it  almost  impossible  to  obtain  any,  though  I  trust 
this  will  not  always  be  the  case.  We  have  begun  a  different 
method,  and  hope  that  it  will  be  successful  by  another  Con- 
vention. I  am  happy  to  state  that  from  the  time  I  was 
called  to  the  rectorship  of  this  parish,  now  more  than  twenty 
months,  we  have  enjoyed  peace  in  our  borders ;  we  have 
generally  a  favourable  number  attend  our  services,  and  I 
think  a  growing  interest  for  the  Church,  and  some  hope  of 
prosperity.  I  regret  that  so  many  live  at  a  distance  from  the 
Church,  who,  through  the  season  of  Lent  and  at  other  times, 
have  been  prevented  from  attending  by  stormy  weather  and 
bad  roads.  We  have  again  commenced  our  Sunday  School 
Catechism  Class,  and  hope  soon  to  have  some  in  training  for 
confirmation.     I  have  endeavoured,  amidst  many  discourage  - 

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merits,  to  labour  faithfully  for  the  good  of  souls,  and  to  com- 
bat with  and  live  down  the  prejudices  that  exist  against  our 
Zion.  Much  of  error  and  false  doctrine,  together  with  every 
evil  work,  surrounds  us,  and  by  the  power  of  God  we  hope 
to  overcome.  May  the  Great  Head  of  the  Church  smile 
upon  our  humble  endeavours  and  make  them  effectual. 
St.  Paul's  Church,  Montrose. 

I  have  not  regularly  served  since  my  last  report  in  No- 
vember. The  Vestry,  without  consulting  me,  or  my  consent, 
called  another  clergyman  to  officiate  for  them.  He  will 
report  for  the  last  part  of  the  year.  I  know  of  no  material 
change. 

St.  Matthew's  Church. 

I  have  held  services  there  and  at  different  places  in 
the  neighbourhood,  on  Sundays,  5  times,  and  9  times  on 
other  days;  administered  the  Sacrament  once.  This  place 
was  supplied  for  several  Sundays  by  the  Rev.  G.  P.  Hop- 
kins, during  a  visit  there  in  the  latter  part  of  the  summer. 
The  congregation  improves,  and  if  we  could  have  a  mission- 
ary to  reside  near  these  destitute  places,  something  good 
might  be  effected.  Families  and  communicants  much  the 
same  as  last  year.     I  have  attended  one  funeral. 

Friendsville,  Susquehanna  Co. — I  have  continued  my 
visits  to  this  place,  held  service  9  times  on  Sundays,  admin- 
istered the  Sacrament  twice,  once  to  nine  and  then  to  eleven 
persons.  There  are  about  four  families  ;  some  from  the  Church 
of  England. 

Punkhannock,  Wyoming  Co. — I  have  also  visited  this 
place,  there  are  a  few  members  of  our  Church  here.  I 
have  given  services  twice  on  Sundays,  and  four  times  on 
other  days.  I  think  we  shall  have  a  favourable  opening  for 
the  Church  in  this  place  at  no  distant  period. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  W.  W.  Spear,  Rector  of  St.  Luke's  Church,  in  Philadel- 
phia. 

Congregation,  families,  150;   adults,  400;   children,  250 


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total,  650  ;  baptisms,  adults,  10;  infants,  20;  total,  30 ;  confirm- 
ed, 20;  communicants  added,  30;  died  or  removed,  20;  present 
number,  1S5;  marriages,  6;  burials,  12;  public  services, on  Sun- 
days, 104;  other  days,  100;  total,  204;  children  catechized,  300; 
times,  8  ;  Sunday  schools,  male,  2  ;  teachers,  15  ;  pupils,  150  ; 
female,  2;  teachers,  IS  ;  pupils,  178;  total,  schools,  4;  teachers, 
33  ;  pupils,  32S  ;  parochial  day  school,  1  female,  100  scholars, 
Bible  classes,  6  ;  members,  50 ;  collections,  Society  Advance- 
ment of  Christianity,  $400;  missionary  and  other  purposes, 
$1500;  from  Sunday  schools,  $175;  total,  $2075. 

Report  of  the   Rev.  Nathan  Stem,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  in  Norris- 
town,  Montgomery  county. 

Congregation,  families,  from  90  to  100;  baptisms,  adults, 

I  ;  infants,  21 ;  total,  22  ;  confirmed,  9  ;  communicants  added, 
17;  died  or  removed,  4 ;  present  number,  126;   marriages, 

I I  ;  burials,  20  ;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  76  ;  other  days, 
39;  total,  115  ;  Sunday  school,  1 ;  teachers,  24  ;  pupils,  160; 
collections,  Episcopal  fund,  $4 ;  Convention  fund,  $5 ;  mis- 
sionary and  other  purposes,  $100;  total,  $109. 

The  congregation  is  now  engaged  in  enlarging  the  Sunday 
school  accommodations ;  a  measure  which  has  become  neces- 
sary by  the  increased  prosperity  of  that  department — several 
new  pews  also  have  been  erected  in  the  church  during  the 
past  year,  by  a  slight  encroachment  upon  the  aisles. 

The  rector  has  also  had  in  charge  the  Swedish  Church 
(St.  John's)  of  Upper  Merion,  where  he  has  held  divine  ser- 
vice regularly  once  a  week  during  the  year. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  S.  C.  Stratum. 
At  the  time  of  my  last  report  to  the  Convention,  I  was  in 
charge  of  All  Saint's  Church,  Moyamensing,  and  continued 
so  until  the  15th  of  August  last :  up  to  that  time,  the  bap- 
tisms were  5 ;  communicants,  added,  2  ;  marriages,  1  ;  fune- 
ral, 1;  public  services,  31 ;  collections  for  the  Advancement  So- 
ciety, $5  50;  the  state  of  the  congregation  in  other  repects, 
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Since  that  time  I  have  exercised  my  ministry  as  opportuni- 
ties offered.  I  have  officiated  on  71  occasions,  preached  62 
sermons,  performed  the  service  9  times,  without  preaching ; 
baptised  3  children,  administered  the  Holy  Communion  4 
times,  assisted  also  in  its  administration  4  times,  married  1 
couple,  made  9  visits  to  the  sick,  and  attended  9  funerals.  In 
the  performance  of  these  duties,  I  have  officiated  for  several 
vacant  congregations,  and  rendered  assistance  to  my  clerical 
brethren. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  William  Suddards,  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  in  Phila- 
delphia. 

Congregation,  families,  250;  adults,  590;  children,  570; 
total,  1 160  ;  baptisms,  adults,  23];  infants,  43;  total,  63  ;  con- 
firmed, 49  ;  communicants  added,  69;  died  or  removed,  15  ; 
present  number,  585;  marriages,  19;  burials,  18;  public 
service  on  Sundays,  104  ;  other  days,  100  ;  total,  204  ;  chil- 
dren catechised,  monthly ;  Sunday  school,  male,  1 ;  teachers, 
30  ;  pupils,  160  ;  female,  1  ;  teachers,  40 ;  pupils,  280  ;  total, 
schools,  2 ;  teachers,  70  ;  pupils,  440  ;  Bible  classes,  3  ;  mem- 
bers, 70 ;  collections,  Episcopal  fund,  $25 ;  missionary  and 
other  purposes,  $2500  ;  total,  $2525. 

This  parish  was  never  in  a  more  peaceful  state  than  at  the 
present  time.  During  the  last  two  years  about  $4000  of 
the  church  debt  has  been  extinguished,  and  the  Vestry  have 
wisely  resolved  on  the  continuance  of  an  effort  which,  within 
a  limited  period,  will  free  the  parish  from  all  burden  of  this 
nature.  This  home  charity  will  necessarily  diminish  for  the 
time  being  our  efforts  in  behalf  of  others. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  M.  R.  Talbot,  Chaplain  in  the  Navy  of  the  United  States 

of  America. 

Since  the  last  Convention,  I  have  preached  about  75  times 
— part  of  the  time  I  have  been  attached  to  the  U.  S.  frigate 
Cumberland,  as  chaplain ;  whilst  so  attached,  I  generally 
officiated  twice  each  Sabbath,  and  employed  the  remainder 


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of  the  day  in  the  Sunday  school.  I  have  baptized  1  adult, 
a  lieutenant  in  the  navy,  and  2  infants,  children  of  lieutenants 
in  the  navy. 

As  far  as  my  opportunities  of  judging  permit  me  to  speak, 
I  can  say  with  great  truth,  that  religion  is  becoming  a  matter 
of  interest  in  the  navy  of  the  United  States. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  Henry  Tullidge,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Erie,  Erie 

county. 

Congregation,  families,  70;  adults,  175;  children,  120;  total, 
295  ;  baptisms,  infants,  12;  total,  12;  communicants,  added, 
17;  died  or  removed,  4  ;  present  number,  71  ;  marriages,  5  ; 
burials,  11  ;  public  services  on  Sundays,  95;  other  days,  16  ; 
total,  111  ;  children  catechised,  once  a  month  in  the  church  ; 
Sunday  schools,  1;  teachers,  10;  pupils,  SO;  collections, 
Episcopal  fund,  $1;  Advancement  Society,  $5;  mission- 
ary and  other  purposes,  $5  00;  total,  $11  00. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  Stephen  H.  Tyng,  Rector  of  the  Church  of  the  Epiphany, 
Philadelphia. 

Congregation,  families,  350;  adults,  745;  children,  460;  total, 
1,205;  baptisms,  adults,  9 ;  infants,  35;  total,  43;  confirmed,  5S  ; 
communicants  added,  97;  died  or  removed,  3S;  present  number, 
606;  marriages,  15;  burials,  10;  Sunday  schools,  male,  4  ; 
teachers,  38  ;  pupils,  381;  female,  4;  teachers,  42 ;  pupils, 
423;  total,  schools,  8  ;  teachers,  80;  pupils,  S04;  collections, 
for  missionary  and   other  purposes,  $3,515  23. 

This  is  the  tenth  parochial  report  from  this  church,  which 
was  founded  in  1833.  The  congregation  has  increased  to 
the  utmost  capacity  of  the  church  to  contain  it.  The  whole 
history  of  the  church  has  been  one  of  increasing  spiritual 
prosperity.  During  these  ten  years,  I  have  admitted  to  the 
Lord'  s  table  eight  hundred  persons,  of  whom  two  hundred 
and  ninety  came  from  other  churches,  and  five  hundred  and 
ten  were  first  received  here.  There  have  been  four  hundred 
and  sixty-four  persons  confirmed,  and  four  hundred   and 


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eighty-three  baptized.  I  have  received  and  disbursed, 
as  the  benevolent  collections  of  the  congregation,  above 
$35,000.  The  gracious  blessing  of  God  still  rests  upon  our 
efforts,  and  our  present  condition  is  one  of  great  prosperity. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  George  TJpfold,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Pittsburg,  Alle- 
gheny count}'. 

Congregation,  families,  about  ISO;  baptisms,  adults,  S; 
infants,  89;  total,  97;  confirmed,  30 ;  communicants  added, 
39;  died  or  removed,  20;  present  number,  255;  marriages,  8; 
burials,  19  ;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  104;  other  days,  80; 
total,  1S4;  children  catechized,  12;  times,  in  the  church; 
Sunday  schools,  male,  1  ;  teachers,  7  ;  pupils,  72  ;  female,  1 ; 
teachers,  10;  pupils,  90;  total  schools,  2 ;  teachers,  17; 
pupils,  162;  collections,  Episcopal  fund,  $20;  Soc.  Adv.  of 
Christianity,  $349;  missionary  and  other  purposes,  $114; 
total,  $463. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  P.  Van  Pelt. 

My  connection  with  the  church  of  the  Epiphany,  in  this 
city,  still  continues,  and  affords  me  ample  opportunity  for  the 
discharge  of  every  ministerial  duty. 

Since  the  last  Convention,  I  have  baptized  1  adult  and  6 
children,  and  officiated  at  17  funerals. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  A.  Varian,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Meadville,  Craw- 
ford county. 

Communicants,  present  number,  72 ;  public  services,  on 
Sundays,  6  ;  other  days,  2  ;  total,  S  ;  children  catechized,  3 ; 
Sunday  school,  1  ;  teachers,  13  ;  pupils,  80;  Bible  class,  mem- 
bers, 13  ;  meet  every  week ;  collections,  missionary  and  other 
purposes,  $13  14;  alms  at  communion,  $34  82 ;  contingent 
expenses  of  the  parish,  $20  96  ;  total,  $68  92. 

Having  been  but  three  weeks  in  the  place  up  to  the  time  of 
making  the  foregoing  report,  I  am  not  able  to  make  any  very 
satisfactory  statement  of  the  condition  of  the  parish.  Our 
public  services  are  well  attended ;  so  also  is  the  Sunday 
school,  and  the  members  of  the  church  appear  "  to  hold  the 


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faith  in  unity  of  spirit,  in  the  bond  of  .peace,  and  in  righteous- 
ness of  life." 

Report  of  the  Rev.  George  Watson,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Towanda, 
and  Trinity  Church,  Athens,  Bradford  county. 

Christ  Church. 

Congregation,  families,  35  ;  adults,  68  ;  children,  46  ;  total, 
1 14 ;  baptisms,  adults,  2  ;  infants,  13  ;  total,  15  ;  confirmed,  5", 
communicants  added,  8;  died  or  removed,  6;  present  number, 
26  ;  marriages,  1  ;  burials,  2  ;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  66; 
other  days,  11 ;  total,  77;  children  catechized  twice  ;  Sunday 
schools,  male  and  female,  1  ;  teachers,  6 ;  pupils,  23  ;  collec- 
tions, Adv.  Society,  $5;  other  purposes,  $10;  total,  $15. 

Since  the  beginning  of  August,  1S43, 1  have  served  this 
parish  only  half  the  time,  devoting  the  rest  of  my  service  to 
Trinity  parish,  Athens.  Our  church  has  been  supplied  during 
my  necessary  absence  by  a  lay  reader,  but  I  am  sorry  to  say 
that  the  attendance  on  the  lay  service  is  not  general. 

Our  regular  service  is  respectably  attended,  and  amidst  all 
the  distractions  and  troubles  that  prevail,  our  cause  is  steadily 
advancing. 

We  have  had  to  make  a  heavy  payment  in  April  last  on 
our  church  organ,  and  this,  with  our  present  poverty,  which 
obliges  the  parish  to  consent  to  a  half  service,  must  account 
for  our  small  contributions. 

Trinity  Church. 

Congregation,  families,  30;  adults,  80;  children,  20  ;  total, 
100  ;  baptisms,  adults,  6  ;  infants,  4  ;  total,  10  ;  confirmed,  5  ; 
communicants  added,  8  ;  died  or  removed,  2  ;  present  number, 
24  ;  marriages,  1;  burials,  1  ;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  54; 
other  days,  3  ;  total,  57  ;  collections,  Adv.  Society,  $S5. 

This  parish  being  entirely  destitute  of  a  Sunday  School 
Library,  has  not  been  so  prosperous  since  my  connection 
with  it  as  it  ought  to  have  been,  so  far  as  the  younger  portion 
of  the  congregation  is  concerned.     The  attendance  on  our 


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services  is  highly  respectable,  and  there  is  a  growing  interest 
in  the  cause  of  religion  and  the  church. 

We  have  been  making  an  effort  to  procure  a  small  organ 
for  our  church,  and  when  the  pecuniary  troubles  of  our  section 
of  the  country  are  taken  into  consideration,  we  consider  that 
on  the  whole  we  have  been  reasonably  successful. 

Grateful  for  the  kind  assistance  of  the  Society  for  the 
Advancement  of  Christianity  in  Pennsylvania,  we  hope  to 
satisfy  you  that  your  aid  has  been  wisely  extended  to  us. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  Edward  Waylen. 
During  the  past  year,  I  have  resided  in  Manayunk  till 
within  the  present  month,  when,  in  the  course  of  a  visit  to 
Maryland,  I  received  and  accepted  an  invitation  to  the  rector- 
ship of  Prince  George's  parish,  (Christ  church,)  Montgomery 
county,  which  occasions  a  withdrawal  from  the  diocese  of 
Pennsylvania.  My  register  shows,  since  the  last  Conven- 
tion, of  baptisms,  1  infant;  marriages,  2;  burials,  6;  of  Sun- 
day and  other  festival  services,  with  preaching,  (attended  at 
Phcenixville,  Pottstown,  Douglassville,  Holmesburg,  and  at 
four  city  churches,)  about  17.  During  a  portion  of  the  past 
year  I  have  been  laboring,  but  unsuccessfully,  to  revive  the 
parish  of  the  "Church  of  the  Messiah,"  organized  under 
apparently  promising  auspices,  amongst  the  community 
residing  at  Schuylkill  Falls  and  Lower  Manayunk,  by  the 
Rev.  Frederick  Freeman.  The  inability  to  obtain  a  suitable 
place  for  our  services,  and  the  removal  since  Mr.  Freeman's 
departure  of  several  families  who  then  helped  to  sustain  them, 
were  among  the  obstacles  to  success.  The  seed  sown  at  the 
Falls,  by  the  self-denying  efforts  of  Mr.  Freeman,  cannot, 
however,  be  lost.  No  spot  near  Philadelphia  affords  a  better 
opening  for  an  active  missionary  of  the  church. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  Joshua  Weaver,  Rector  of  St.  Matthew's  Church,  Sun- 
bury,  Northumberland  county. 

Congregation,  families,  14  ;  adults,  55  ;  children,  45  ;  total, 
100;  baptisms,  infants,  3;  communicants  added,  1  ;  died,  1  ; 


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present  number,  29  ;  marriages,  1 ;  burials,  3  ;  public  services, 
on  Sundays,  92  ;  other  days,  10  ;  total,  102  ;  Sunday  schools, 
male,  1 ;  teachers,  4 ;  pupils,  26 ;  female,  1 ;  teachers,  5 ;  pupils, 
34  ;  total  schools,  2 ;  teachers,  9  ;  pupils,  60 ;  collections,  Con- 
vention fund,  $4;  Soc.  Adv.  of  Christianity,  $10;  other  pur- 
poses, $26  ;  total,  $39. 

Besides  my  regular  duties  in  this  parish,  I  have  preached 
once  at  Shamokin,  and  several  times  at  Northumberland  and 
Lewisburgh. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  William  Augustus  White,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church, 
Downingtown,  Chester  county. 

Congregation,  families,  25  ;  adults,  76  ;  children,  53  ;  total, 
129  ;  baptisms,  adults,  2  ;  infants,  1  ;  total,  3  ;  confirmed,  4  ; 
communicants,  added,  5  ;  died  or  removed,  2  ;  present  num- 
ber, 8  ;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  75  ;  other  days,  38  ;  total, 
113  ;  children  catechised,  25  ;  times,  3  ;  Sunday  schools,  male 
and  female,  teachers,  6 ;  pupils,  40 ;  collections,  Episcopal 
fund,  $3 ;  missionary  and  other  purposes,  $38  57 ;  total, 
$41  57. 

The  present  year  has  been  one  of  great  interest  to  this  pa- 
rish. On  June  20th,  the  corner-stone  of  St.  James'  Church 
was  laid  by  the  rector,  several  clerical  brethren  assisting,  and 
on  October  26th,  the  edifice  was  consecrated  by  the  Rt.  Rev. 
the  Bishop  of  the  Diocess,  twelve  clergymen  being  present, 
and  a  large  concourse  of  the  laity. 

The  church  is  a  neat  and  beautiful  building,  60  ft.  in  length, 

and  24  in  width,  and  capable  of  containing  on  the  floor  and 

in  the  gallery  between  260  and  275  persons.     The  chancel 

is  furnished  with  an  altar,  a  book-stand  (serving  also  as  a 

pulpit)  on  its  left,  and  a  font  of  pure  white   marble,  on  a 

pedestal  of  black  walnut,  on  its  right ;  and  two  chairs  on 

either  side  of  the  altar,  of  an  antique  form.     The  object  has 

been,  in  the  arrangements  of  the  church,  to  attain  simplicity 

and  beauty,  aiming  also  at  convenience  and  economy  ;  and  it 

is  believed  that  nearly  all  who  have  seen  the  sanctuary,  have 

been  pleased  with  its  construction. 

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The  expense  of  the  lot  on  which  the  church  stands  was 
$375.  The  building,  with  vestry-room  adjoining,  cost  $1089. 
The  debt  now  remaining  is  not  large,  and  by  due  exertions 
could  soon  be  removed,  which  we  trust  will  be  done. 

The  Holy  Eucharist  has  been  celebrated  three  times  by 
priests  of  the  church,  the  rector  being  in  his  diaconate.  Pre- 
vious to  the  consecration  of  the  church,  evening  prayer  was 
read  nine  times,  and  sermons  were  preached  at  the  small 
village  of  Gallagherville,  two  miles  from  Downingtown. 

The  proposed  term  (two  years)  for  the  support  of  a  clergy- 
man in  this  place,  by  individuals  of  St.  James'  church,  Phila- 
delphia, and  others,  will  cease  in  November  next,  and  it  is  to 
be  hoped  that  the  people  of  Downingtown  will  continue  the 
good  work  which  has  been  commenced  for  them;  not  permitting 
spiritual  blessings  and  advantages  to  be  withdrawn,  or  irregu- 
larly and  only  occasionally  offered,  for  lack  of  the  silver  and 
gold  to  maintain  the  worship  of  the  Most  High,  and  the  or- 
dinance of  the  Sanctuary. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  William  White,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's   Church,  Butler 

county. 

Congregation,  families,  36;  adults,  38;  children, 78;  total,  116; 
baptisms,  adult,  1;  children,  10;  total,  11;  communicants, 
added,  1  ;  died  or  removed,  8  ;  present  number,  51 ;  burials, 
8 ;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  99  ;  other  days,  24 ;  total,  123; 
collections,  Convention  fund,  $4  OS ;  other  purposes,  $13  57 ; 
total,  $17  63. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  C.  Wiltberger,  Jr.,  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  Hulmeville, 
St.  Andrew's  Church,  Yardleyville,  Trinity  Church,  Centreville,  Bucks 
,    county. 

Grace  Church,  Hulmeville. 

Congregation,  families,  18  ;  adults,  50;  children,  30;  total, 
80;  baptisms,  adult,  1  ;  infants, none;  communicants,  added, 
3;  died  or  removed,  3;  present  number,  21 ;  burials,  2; 
public  services  on  Sundays,  39;  other  days,  6 ;  total,  45; 
children  catechised,  S;  times,  every  two  weeks  during  the 
summer;  Sunday  schools,  male  and  female;  teachers,  9,  pupils, 


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SO ;  Bible  class,  1 ;  member,  20  ;  collections,  Society  for  Ad- 
vancement of  Christianity,  $1  50;  Convention  fund,  and  other 
purposes,  $15. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Yardleyville. 

Congregation,  families,  16;  adults,  60;  children,  30;  total,  90 ; 
baptisms,none  ;  communicants,  added,  1 ;  removed,  3  ;  present 
number,  5  ;  burials,  2  ;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  40 ;  other 
days,  36  ;  total,  76  ;  children  catechised,  10 ;  every  two  weeks 
during  summer ;  Sunday  school,  one,  male  and  female  ;  teach- 
ers, 6  ;  pupils,  50 ;  Bible  class,  one ;  members,  20;  collections, 
Society  for  Advancement  of  Christianity,  $1  75;  Convention 
fund,  65  cts. ;  other  purposes,  $100 ;  total  $102  40. 

Trinity  Church,  Centreville. 

Congregation,  families,  15;  adults,  50  ;  children,  20;  total, 
70 ;  confirmed,  3  ;  communicants,  added,  3  ;  present  number, 
6 ;  baptisms,  children,  2 ;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  32 ; 
other  days,  6  ;  total,  38 ;  children  chatechised,  S,  every  other 
Sunday  during  summer,  Sunday  school,  1,  male  and  female  ; 
teachers,  6;  pupils,  30 ;  collections  for  parish  purposes,  $160. 

I  am  happy  to  be  able  to  say,  that  I  have  felt  more  en- 
couraged in  my  labours  in  Bucks,  during  the  past  year.  Be- 
sides service  at  Hulmeville,  I  Jiave  preached  part  of  the 
time  at  Brownsville,  five  miles  distant. 

At  Yardleyville,  the  steeple  has  been  finished,  and  the 
church  painted  and  carpeted.  The  congregation  has  increas- 
ed, and  more  interest  been  taken  in  the  services  of  the  church. 
Several  persons  are  expecting  to  be  baptised  and  added  to 
the  communion. 

At  Centreville,  sheds  have  been  erected  for  the  accommoda- 
tion of  horses.  There  is  some  appearance  of  vitality,  and  it 
is  fondly  hoped  that  this  desert  will  yet  rejoice  and  blossom 
as  the  rose.  The  confirmation  of  three  persons  was  an 
occasion  of  much  interest. 

On  the  whole,  I  desire  to  thank  God  and  take  courage. 


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Report  of  the  Rev.  Enos  Woodward,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Brownsville, 
Fayette  county. 

Congregation,  families  and  parts  of  families,  about  45  ; 
baptisms,  adult,  1  ;  infants,  5 ;  total,  6  ;  confirmed,  4 ;  com- 
municants, added,  S ;  died,  3  ;  present  number,  52 ;  marriages, 

3  ;  burials,  2  ;  public  services,  on  Sundays,  86  ;  on  other  clays, 
58;  total,  144 ;  from  30  to  40  children  are  catechised  in  the 
Sunday  school,  and  part  of  them  occasionally  in  the  church ; 
Sunday  schools,  male,  1  ;  one  superintendent,  6  teachers, 
and  about  40  pupils;  female,  1 ;  one  superintendent,  7  teach- 
ers, and  about  44  pupils  ;  each  of  these  schools  have  under 
their  care  a  class  of  colored  children ;  they  have  a  good 
library,  and  competent  and  faithful  officers  and  teachers ; 
contributions,  for  the  benefit  of  a  student  in  the  Theological 
Seminary  of  the  diocese  of  Virginia,  $25 ;  for  the  benefit  of 
Kenyon  College,  and  Milner  Hall  Theological  Seminary  in 
the  diocese  of  Ohio,  $210  ;  for  missionary  and  other  purposes, 
including  the  rent  of  the  parsonage,  $500 ;  total  $735. 

It  is  truly  gratifying  to  witness  the  increased  liberality  of 
this  parish,  whose  contributions  this  year  have  exceeded 
those  of  the  three  former  years  by  a  considerable  sum,  not- 
withstanding the  removal  of  one  of  the  most  wealthy  and 
liberal  families  from  this  to  a  neighbouring  parish.  God 
grant  them  still  to  increase  in  every  christian  virtue,  and  to 
abound  more  and  more  in  every  good  word  and  work. 

In  addition  to  my  labours  in  Brownsville,  I  have  held  24 
Sunday  and  2  week-day  services,  in  Washington,  which  is 
the  capital  of  Washington  county,  and  the  seat  of  two  very 
flourishing  institutions  of  learning,  viz:  Washington  College, 
and  the  Washington  Female  Seminary,  and  with  the  excep- 
tion of  Pittsburgh  and  Allegheny  cities,  is  the  largest  town  in 
western  Pennsylvania,  and  through  the  infinite  and  unspeak- 
able goodness  and  mercy  of  God,  a  respectable  congregation 
has  been  collected  in  that  place,  including  22  communicants, 
2  of  whom  have  removed,  leaving  the  present  number,  20 ; 

4  more,  confirmed  by  the  Bishop  at  his  late  visitation,  the 


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other  communicants  having  previously  received  the  be 
of  that  apostolic  rite.  This  place  is  in  every  respec" 
worthy  the  patronage  and  aid  of  the  church — it  presents  a 
large  and  promising  field  for  the  work  of  the  ministry  which, 
if  faithfully  and  prudently  cultivated,  will,  with  God's  bless- 
ing, in  due  time  furnish  a  rich  harvest  of  souls  to  the  praise 
of  His  glorious  grace.  The  friends  of  the  church  in  Wash- 
ington have  recently  organized  a  parish,  under  the  style  and 
title  of  Trinity  Church,  Washington  parish,  in  the  town  and 
county  of  Washington,  Pennsylvania,  and  have  applied  to 
the  present  Convention  for  admission  into  the  diocese. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  W.  H.  Woodward. 
After  my  ordination,  which  took  place  on  the  23d  of  July 
last,  I  was  invited  by  the  wardens  of  St.  Mary's  Church, 
Hamiltonville,  West  Philadelphia,  to  take  charge  of  that  pa- 
rish for  six  months.  At  the  expiration  of  the  specified  period, 
in  the  month  of  January,  I  resigned  the  charge,  and  have 
since  been  variously  engaged,  and  frequently  in  rendering 
assistance  to  my  brethren.  At  Hamiltonville,  I  have  con- 
ducted a  Bible  class,  and  have  preached  56  times,  and  at 
other  churches  63.     Total  number  of  services,  11.9. 

Report  of  the  Rev.  Thomas  C.  Yarnall,  late  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Wil- 
liamsport,  Lycoming  county. 

On  the  11th  April  I  resigned  the  charge  of  Christ  church, 
Williamsport,  at  which  place  and  at  Jersey  Shore,  I  officiated 
from  the  17th  September,  1843.  During  this  period  there 
were,  baptisms,  infants,  1  ;  adults,  3  ;  total,  4  ;  confirmed,  3  ; 
burials,  3  ;  communicants  (including  Jersey  Shore)  added,  1  ; 
removed,  2  ;  present  number,  15. 

Congregation  at  Williamsport,  adults,  20  ;  children,  25.  At 
Jersey  Shore  there  are  several  families  who  are  attached  to 
the  services  of  the  Church ;  and  the  present  time  is,  in  my 
opinion,  highly  favorable  for  the  successful  establishment  there 
of  these  services.  But  whoever  takes  charge  of  this  field, 
must,  in  the  beginning,  be  supported  mainly  by  the  Missionary 


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Society  of  the  Diocese.  The  same  remark  will  also  apply  to 
the  parish  at  Williamsport,  owing  to  the  small  number  of 
persons  there  connected  with  the  church,  and  the  embarrass- 
ment caused  by  a  debt,  yet  unpaid,  of  $600,  contracted  by  the 
erection  of  the  church  edifice. 

Since  my  ordination  in  July  last,  I  have  preached  89  times, 
assisted  4  times  in  the  administration  of  the  Holy  Commu- 
nion, and  on  several  other  occasions  of  public  worship.  I 
have  accepted  a  call  to  the  rectorship  of  St.  Mary's  church, 
Hamiltonville,  Philadelphia  county.  This  parish  is  in  a  flour- 
ishing condition.  For  a  statistical  account  of  it  during  the 
past  year,  I  refer  to  the  report  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Woodward. 


LIST  OF  THE  CONGREGATIONS 


DIOCESE  OF  PENNSYLVANIA 


Adams  county. 
Christ  Church — Huntingdon  township, 

Allegheny  County. 
Trinity  Church — City  of  Pittsburgh. 
St.  Andrew's  Church — City  of  Pittsburgh. 
Christ  Church — Allegheny. 
St.  John's  Church — Lawrenceville. 
St.  Paul's  Church — Laceyville. 

Armstrong  County. 
St.  Paul's  Church — Kittaning. 
Trinity  Church — Freeport. 

Beaver  County. 
Georgetown  Church — Georgetown. 

Berks  County. 
St.  Gabriel's  Church— Morlattin. 
Christ  Church — Reading. 
St.  Thomas'  Church — Morgantown. 

Bradford  County. 
St.  Matthew's  Church — Pike. 
Christ  Church — Towanda. 

Bucks  County. 
St.  James  the  Greater's  Church. 
St.  Luke's  Church — Newtown. 
St.  Andrew's  Church — Yardleyville. 
Grace  Church — Hulmeville. 
Trinity  Church — Centreville. 


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Butler  County. 
St.  Peter's  Church— Butler. 

Carbon  County. 
St.  Mark's  Church— Mauch  Chunk. 

Centre  County. 
Trinity  Church — Philipsburg. 
St.  John's  Church — Bellefonte. 

Chester  County. 
St.  John's  Church — New  London  township. 
St.  Mary's  Church — Warwick  township. 
St.  Peter's  Church— Great  Valley. 
St.  John's  Church — Pequea. 
St.  Paul's  Church — West  Whiteland  township. 
St.  Andrew's  Church — West  Vincent. 
St.  Mark's  Church— -Honey-brook. 
Church  of  the  Holy  Trinity — West  Chester. 
St.  Peter's  Church — Phcenixville. 
St.  James'  Church,  Downingtown. 
Columbia  County. 
St.  Gabriel's  Church — Sugarloaf  township. 
St.  Paul's  Church — Bloomsburg. 
Christ  Church — Madison,  Jersey  town- 
Christ  Church — Danville. 
Trinity  Church — Orangeville. 

Crawford  County. 
Christ  Church — Meadville. 
Trinity  Church — Rockville. 

Cumberland  County. 
St.  John's  Church — Carlisle. 

Dauphin  County. 
St.  Stephen's  Church — Harrisburg. 
Delaware  County. 
St.  Paul's  Church — Chester. 

St.  Martin's  Church — Lower  Chichester  township,  Marcus 
Hook. 


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St.  John's  Church — Concord  township. 

St.  David's  Church — Newtown  township,  Radnor, 

Calvary  Church — Rockdale. 

Erie  County. 
St.  Paul's  Church— Erie. 
St.  Peter's  Church — Waterford. 

Fayette  County. 
Christ  Church — Brownsville. 
Grace  Church — Manalen. 
St.  Peter's  Church — Uniontown. 
Trinity  Church — Connelsville. 

Huntingdon  County. 
St.  John's  Church — Huntingdon. 
Christ  Church — Hollidaysburg. 

Indiana  County. 
St.  Peter's  Church,  Blairsville. 

Juniata  County. 
St.  Stephen's  Church — Thompsontown. 

Lancaster  County. 
St.  James's  Church — Lancaster. 
Christ  Church — Leacock. 

Bangor  Church — Caernarvon  township,  Churchtown. 
All  Saints  Church — Paradise. 

Luzerne  County. 
St.  Stephen's  Church — Wilkesbarre. 

Lycoming  County. 
St.  James'  Church — Muncy. 

Mercer  County. 
St.  John's  Church — Mercer. 

Mifflin  County. 
St.  Mark's  Church — Lewistown. 

Montgomery  County. 
St.  Thomas'  Church — Whitemarsh  township. 
St.  James'  Church — Perkiomen  township. 

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St.  John's  Church — Norristown. 
Christ  Church — Pottstown. 

Northampton  County. 
Trinity  Church — Easton. 

Northumberland  County. 
Christ  Church — Milton. 
St.  Matthew's  Church — Sunbury. 

Philadelphia  County. 
Christ  Church— Philadelphia. 
St.  Peter's  Church— Philadelphia. 
St.  James'  Church — Philadelphia. 
St.  Paul's  Church— Philadelphia. 
St.  Stephen's  Church — Philadelphia. 
St.  Andrew's  Church — Philadelphia. 
Grace  Church — Philadelphia. 
Church  of  the  Ascension — Philadelphia. 
St.  Luke's  Church— Philadelphia. 
Church  of  the  Epiphany — Philadelphia. 
St.  John's  Church — Northern  Liberties. 
Advent  Church — Northern  Liberties. 
St.  Mark's  Church — Moyamensing. 
All  Saints'  Church — Moyamensing. 
Church  of  the  Evangelists — South  wark. 
Trinity  Church — So  nth  wark. 
Church  of  the  Messiah — South  wark. 
St.  James'  Church,  Kingsessing. 
St.  Matthew's  Church — Francisville. 
All  Saints'  Church — Lower  Dublin  township. 
Emanuel  Church — Holmesburg. 
Trinity  Church — Oxford  township. 
St.  Luke's  Church — Germantown. 
St.  Mark's  Church — Mantua,  Blockley  township. 
Emanuel  Church — Kensington. 
St.  Mary's  Church — West  Philadelphia. 
St.  David's  Church — Manavunk. 


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Zion  Church — Spring  Garden. 

St.  Philip's  Church — Spring  Garden. 

Schuylkill  County. 
Trinity  Church — Pottsville. 
St.  James'  Church — Schuylkill  HaverL 
St.  Paul's  Church — Schuylkill  Haven. 

Susquehanna  .County. 
St.  Andrew's  Church — Springville. 
St.  Mark's  Church— New  Milford. 
St.  Paul's  Church — Montrose. 

Tioga  County. 
St.  Paul's  Church — Wellsborough. 
Christ  Church — Blossburgh. 

Venango  County. 
St.  John's  Church — Franklin. 

Washington  County. 
St.  Peter's  Church — Pike  Run  township. 
Trinity  Church — Washington. 

Wayne  County. 
Grace  Church — Honesdale,  Dyberry  Parish. 
Truth  Church — Bethany. 

Westmoreland  County. 
Christ  Church — Greensburg. 

York  County. 
St.  John  the  Baptist's  Church. 


A  LIST  OF  ALL  THE  MINISTERS 

OF  THE 

PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH, 

Canonically   Resident  in  the   Diocese  of  Pennsylvania. 
Mat  21st,  1844. 


The  Right  Rev.  Henry  U.  Onderdonk,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the 
Diocese,  Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Adderly,  missionary  at  Blairsville,  Indi- 
ana county,  and  Greensburgh,  Westmoreland  county. 

The  Rev.  William  Adderly,  missionary  at  Fallston,  and 
St.  Paul's  church,  Beaver  county. 

The  Rev.  Charles  H.  Alden,  Chaplain  in  the  Navy  of  the 
United  States. 

The  Rev.  William  W.  Arnett,  missionary  at  Uniontown, 
and  Manalen,  Fayette  county. 

The  Rev.  Frederick  W.  Beasley,  Rector  of  All  Saints' 
church,  Lower  Dublin,  Philadelphia  county,  including  Christ 
chapel,  Oak  Grove.     [P.  0.  Bridgewater,  Bucks  county.] 

The  Rev.  James  Bonnar,  missionary  at  Hollidaysburgh, 
Huntingdon  county. 

The  Rev.  William  H.  Bourns,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  church, 
Bloomsburg,  Christ  church,  Jerseytown,  Trinity  church, 
Orangeville,  and  St.  Gabriel's  church,  Sugarloaf,  Columbia 
county. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Bowman,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  James' 
church,  Lancaster. 

The  Rev.  George  Boyd,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  John's  church, 
N.  L.,  Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  Charles  Breck,  missionary  at  Wellsborough, 
Tioga  county,  and  parts  adjacent. 


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The  Rev.  Edward  Y.  Buchanan,  Rector  of  St.  John's 
church,  Piquea,  Chester  county,  and  of  Christ  church,  Lea- 
cock,  and  All  Saints'  church,  Paradise,  Lancaster  county. 
[P.  O.  Paradise,  Lancaster  county.] 

The  Rev.  Levi  Bull,  Rector  of  St.  Mary's  church,  War- 
wich,  Chester  county,  and  St.  Thomas'  church,  Morgantown, 
Berks  co.unty.     [P.  0.  Marsh,  Chester  county.] 

The  Rev.  Robert  Bethell  Claxton,  Rector  of  St.  Stephen's 
church,  Wilkesbarre,  Luzerne  county. 

The  Rev.  John  B.  Clemson,  Rector  of  the  church  of  the 
Holy  Trinity,  West  Chester,  Chester  county. 

The  Rev.  John  Coleman,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  Trinity  church, 
Southwark,  Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  Asa  S.  Colton,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  church, 
West  Vincent,  and  St.  Mark's  church,  Honeybrook,  Chester 
county.     [P.  0.  Chester  Springs,  Chester  county.] 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Crumpton,  Rector  of  Christ  church, 
Allegheny.     [P.  0.  Pittsburgh.] 

The  Rev.  Marcus  K.  Cushman,  missionary  at  New  Mil- 
ford  and  Montrose,  Susquehanna  county. 

The  Rev.  Robert  Davis. 

The  Rev.  William  N.  Diehl,  missionary  at  Whitemarsh, 
Montgomery  county.  [P.  0.  Germantown,  Philadelphia 
county.] 

The  Rev.  Benjamin  Dorr,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  Christ  church, 
Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  Jacob  M.  Douglass,  Rector  of  St.  Matthew's 
church,  Francisville,  Philadelphia.     [P.  0.  Phila.] 

The  Rev.  George  C.  Drake,  missionary  at  Schuylkill 
Haven  and  Minersville,  Schuylkill  county. 

The  Rev.  Henry  W.  Ducachet,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Ste- 
phen's church,  Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  Heman  Dyer,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  church, 
Pittsburgh,  and  President  of  the  Western  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania. 


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The  Rev.  William  Hilton,  missionary  at  Kittaning  and 
Freeport,  Armstrong  county. 

The  Rev.  Benjamin  S.  Huntington,  Rector  of  Calvary 
church,  Rockdale,  and  St.  John's  church,  Concord,  Delaware 
county.     [P.  0.  Penn's  Grove,  Delaware  county.] 

The  Rev.  John  J.  Kerr,  Rector  of  Advent  church,  N.  L., 
Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  George  Kirke,  missionary  at  New  London  X 
Roads,  and  West  Marlborough,  Chester  county.  [P.  0. 
Downingtown,  Chester  county.] 

The  Rev.  Freeman  Lane,  missionary  at  Troy,  Bradford 
county. 

The  Rev.  Edwin  N.  Lightner,  missionary  at  Muncy,  and 
parts  adjacent,  Lycoming  county. 

The  Rev.  Milton  C.  Lightner,  deacon,  missionary  at  Dan- 
ville, and  parts  adjacent,  Columbia  county. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  T.  Lord,  missionary  at  Philipsburgh, 
Centre  county,  and  Clearfield,  Clearfield  county. 

The  Rev.  John  J.  McElhinny,  missionary  at  Connelsville, 
Fayette  county,  and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  Henry  Major,  Rector  of  St.  Stephen's  church, 
Harrisburg,  Dauphin  county. 

The  Rev.  John  H.  Marsden,  missionary  in  Adams  county, 
and  Rector  of  St.  John's  church,  York,  York  county.  [P.  0. 
York  Springs,  Adams  county.] 

The  Rev.  John  Gordon  Maxwell,  Rector  of  Emanuel 
church,  Kensington,  Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  R.  Meade,  deacon,  Assistant  Minister  of 
St.  John's  church,  N.  L.,  Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  Tobias  Harper  Michel],  missionary  at  Water- 
ord,  Erie  county,  and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  George  Mintzer,  Rector  of  St.  James'  church, 
Perkiomen,  Montgomery  county.  [P.  0.  Trappe,  Mont- 
gomery county.] 

The  Rev.  Ricfiard  U.  Morgan,  Rector  of  Christ  church, 
Reading,  Berks  county. 


Ill 

The  Rev.  Jacob  B.  Morss,  Rector  of  Trinity  church,  Potts- 
ville,  Schuylkill  county. 

The  Rev.  Henry  J.  Morton,  Rector  of  St.  James'  church, 
Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  George  W.  Natt,  missionary  at  Belle  Fonte, 
Centre  county,  and  Lock  Haven,  Clinton  county. 

The  Rev.  Edmund  Neville,  Rector  of  St.  Philip's  church, 
Spring  Garden,  Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  Richard  Newton,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  church, 
Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  William  Herbert  Norris,  Rector  of  St.  John's 
church,  Carlisle,  Cumberland  county. 

The  Rev.  William  H.  Odenheimer,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's 
church,  Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  Frederick  Ogilby,  Rector  of  the  church  of  the 
Ascension,  Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  Willie  Peck,  Rector  of  St.  David's  (Radnor) 
church,  Newtown,  Delaware  county.  [P.  0.  Warren  tavern, 
Chester  county.] 

The  Rev.  William  S.  Perkins,  Rector  of  St.  James'  church, 
Bristol,  Bucks  county. 

The  Rev.  John  B.  Pradt,  missionary  at  Coudersport,  Potter 
county,  and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  William  Preston,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  church, 
Pittsburgh. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  H.  Quinan,  Rector  of  the  church  of  the 
Evangelists,  Southwark,  Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  Greenbury  W.  Ridgeley,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's 
church,  Chester,  and  St.  Martin's  church,  Marcus  Hook, 
Delaware  county. 

The  Rev.  John  Rodney,  Jr.,  Rector  of  St.  Luke's  church. 
Germantown,  Philadelphia  county. 

The  Rev.  Joshua  M.  Rogers,  Rector  of  Trinity  church, 
Easton,  Northampton  county. 

The  Rev.  Owen  Evans  Shannon,  Rector  of  Grace  church, 
Honesdale,  Wayne  county. 


112 

The  Rev.  George  Sheets,  Rector  of  Trinity  church,  Oxford, 
Philadelphia  county.  [P.  0.  Frankford,  Philadelphia  county.] 

The  Rev.  Richard  Smith,  missionary  at  Springville,  Sus- 
quehanna county,  and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  William  W.  Spear,  Rector  of  St.  Luke's  church, 
Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  Nathan  Stem,  Rector  of  St.  John's  church, 
Norristown,  Montgomery  county. 

The  Rev.  William  Suddards,  Rector  of  Grace  church, 
Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  Mortimer  R.  Talbot,  Chaplain  in  the  Navy  of 
the  United  States. 

The  Rev.  Henry  Tullidge,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  church, 
Erie,  Erie  county. 

The  Rev.  Stephen  H.  Tyng,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  the  church  of 
the  Epiphany,  Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  George  Upfold,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  Trinity  church, 
Pittsburg. 

The  Rev.  Joshua  Weaver,  missionary  at  Sunbury,  and 
parts  adjacent,  Northumberland  county. 

The  Rev.  William  White,  missionary  at  Butler,  Butler 
county,  and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  Bird  Wilson,  D.  D.,  Professor  in  the  General 
Theological  Seminary  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in 
the  United  States,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Christian  Wiltberger,  Jr.,  missionary  at  Yardley- 
ville,  Centreville,  and  Hulmeville,  Bucks  county. 

The  Rev.  Enos  Woodward,  Rector  of  Christ  church, 
Brownsville,  Fayette  county. 


LIST  CONTINUED. 

The  Rev.  William  Johnstone  Bakewell,  deacon,  Assistant 
Minister  of  Trinity  church,  Pittsburgh. 


113 

The  Rev.  Thomas  M.  Clark,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's 
church,  Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  William  James  Clark,  Rector  of  Bangor  church, 
Churchtown,  Lancaster  county. 

The  Rev.  George  G.  Field,  minister  of  St.  John's  church, 
Huntingdon,  Huntingdon  county. 

The  Rev.  Donald  Frazer,  Rector  of  St.  Luke's  church, 
Newtown,  Bucks  county. 

The  Rev.  Henry  T.  Hiester,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's  church, 
Lewistown,  Mifflin  county. 

The  Rev.  Marmaduke  Hirst,  missionary  at  Phcenixville, 
Chester  county. 

The  Rev.  Azariah  Prior,  Rector  of  St.  David's  church, 
Manayunk,  Philadelphia  county. 

The  Rev.  Peter  Russell,  deacon,  missionary  at  Mauch 
Chunk,  Carbon  county. 

The  Rev.  Alexander  Varian,  Rector  of  Christ  church, 
Meadville,  Crawford  county. 

The  Rev.  George  Watson,  missionary  at  Athens,  and  parts 
adjacent,  Bradford  county. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  C.  Yarnall,  Rector  of  St.  Mary's  church, 
Hamiltonville,  Philadelphia  county. 


LIST  FURTHER  CONTINUED. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  G.  Allen,  Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  Robert  Ayres,  Franklin,  Venango  county. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Brientnall,  Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  C.  Brinckle,  near  Gray's  Ferry,  Rector 
of  St.  James'  (Swedish)  church,  Kingsessing,  Philadelphia 
county.     [P.  0.  Philadelphia.] 

The   Rev.  Jehu  C.  Clay,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  the  Swedes 

church,  Gloria  Dei,  Southwark,  Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  Horace  L.  Conolly. 
15 


114 

The  Rev.  William  C.  Cooley,  Rector  of  the  church  of  the 
Nativity,  Spring  Garden,  Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  Alexander  Crummell,  deacon,  (a  coloured  man,) 
officiating  in  a  coloured  congregation,  Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  J.  Davis,  Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  William  Douglass,  (a  coloured  man,)  Rector  of 
St.  Thomas'  (African)  church,  Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  Charles  M.  Dupuy,  Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  Caleb  I.  Good,  Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  John  R.  Goodman,  Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  John  Grigg,  Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  Richard  D.  Hall,  Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  George  E.  Hare,  D.  D.,  Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  Nathaniel  Sayre  Harris,  Secretary  to  the  Domes- 
tic Committee  of  the  Board  of  Missions  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Hazlehurst,  Jr.,  missionary  to  Africa. 

The  Rev.  William  S.  Hinds,  Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  George  P.  Hopkins. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Jaquett,  teacher  of  the  Hebrew  language, 
Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  Edward  C.  Jones,  deacon,  Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  Robert  M.  Mitcheson,  deacon,  Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  P.  Nash,  Rector  of  Trinity  church,  Car- 
bondale,  Luzerne  county. 

The  Rev.  Edward  Rice,  M.  D.,  deacon,  Professor  in  the 
Moravian  Theological  Seminary,  Bethlehem,  Northampton 
county. 

The  Rev.  Oliver  A.  Shaw,  officiating  in  All  Saints' church, 
Moyamensing,  Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  C.  Stratton,  Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  Peter  Van  Pelt,  Assistant  to  the  Rector  of  the 
church  of  the  Epiphany,  Philadelphia,  and  Secretary  to  the 
Board  of  Missions  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  West. 

The  Rev.  William  Augustus  White,  deacon,  Rector  of  St. 
James'  church,  Downingtown,  Chester  county. 


115 

The  Rev.  Charles  Williams,  D.  D.,  Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  William  H.  Woodward,  deacon,  Philadelphia, 


The  foregoing  List,  containing  the  names  of  one  hundred 
and  seventeen  clergymen,  is  corrected  to  this  date. 
In  conformity  with  Canon  xiv.  Sect.  1. 

H.  U.  Onderdonk. 
Philadelphia,  May  21st,  1844. 


MEMORANDUM. 

The  seventy-three  clergymen,  first  named  in  this  List,  are 
entitled  to  seats  in  Convention,  on  May  21st,  1844. 

The  twelve  clergymen  first  named  in  the  "List  Continued," 
will  be  entitled  to  seats  in  May,  1845,  or  previously,  if  they 
remain  in  their  respective  stations,  or  have,  without  an  inter- 
val, such  others  as  are  recognised  in  the  Constitution. 

H.  U.  0. 


Dr. 

The  Convention  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church 

in 

1843 
May  9 

To  balance  cash  on  hand  per  account  rendered, 

D. 

35 

c. 

81 

15 

To  cash  from  Grace  church  (contribution),  Philada., 

32 

45 

16 

"              St.  James'  church,  Philadelphia, 

43 

72 

« 

"              Church  of  Epiphany,  Philadelphia, 

18 

63 

« 

"             St.  Andrew's  church,  Philadelphia, 

40 

00 

« 

"              St.  Paul's  church  Philadelphia, 

15 

50 

<« 

"             St.  Luke's  church,  Germantown, 

11 

38 

« 

"             St.  James'  church,  Lancaster, 

17 

10 

u 

"              St.  John's  church,  New  London, 

3 

90 

« 

"              St.  John's  church,  Pequea, 

3 

09 

« 

"             Christ  church,  Leacock, 

3 

75 

a 

"              St.  Thomas'  church,  Whitemarsh, 

3 

00 

« 

'•             St.  Paul's  church,  Kittaning, 

5 

00 

« 

«             Christ  church,  Allegheny, 

8 

00 

« 

«              Trinity  church,  Pittsburgh, 

20 

00 

« 

"             St.  Paul's  church,  Wellsboro', 

6 

00 

« 

"             Trinity  church  Freeport, 

2 

25 

« 

«             St.  Stephen's  church,  Harrisburg, 

10 

00 

« 

"              Bangor  church,  Churchtown, 

3 

73 

(i 

"              St.  Matthew's  church,  Sunbury, 

2 

50 

« 

"             St.  Martin's  church,  Marcus  Hook, 

5 

00 

(i 

"             Trinity  church,  Oxford, 

5 

00 

« 

"              St.  John's  church  Muncy, 

2 

00 

« 

"             St.  Matthew's  church,  Francisville, 

3 

00 

« 

«              St.  Mary's  church,  Hamiltonville, 

5 

00 

(i 

«             St.  Thomas'  church,  Morgantown, 

2 

31 

« 

«             St.  Peter's  church,  Great  Valley, 

61 

« 

"             St.  David's  church,  Radnor, 

2 

08 

« 

"             St.  Mary's  church,  Chester, 

2 

12 

« 

«              St.  Peter's  church,  Butler, 

2 

75 

« 

"              St.  James'  church,  Perkiomen, 

3 

87 

c 

«              Advent  church,  Northern  Liberties, 

3 

00 

it 

«              All  Saint's  church,  and             ~i 
«             Emanuel  church,  Phila.  city,  5 

10 

25 

a 

<( 

"              Grace  church,  Hulmeville, 

1 

00 

« 

«              St.  Andrew's  church,  Yardleyville, 

1 

00 

<( 

«              St.  Peter's  church,  Uniontown, 

6 

90 

« 

«              Grace  church,  Menallen, 

3 

35 

« 

«              Trinity  church,  Easton, 

5 

00 

u 

«              St.  Paul's  church,  Chester, 

5 

00 

« 

«             Church  of  the  Holy  Trinity,  Westchester, 

5 

00 

« 

"              St.  Stephen's  church,  Wilkesbarre, 

5 

62 

« 

"              Mission  at  Coudersport, 

2 

50 

« 

"              St.  Paul's  church,  West  Whiteland, 

2 

12 

« 

"              St.  John's  church,  Norristown, 

4 

00 

« 

"             St.  John's  church,  Bellefonte, 

2 

50 

« 

«              St.  John's  church,  Carlisle, 

5 

00 

« 

"              St.  James'  church,  Bristol, 

5 

00 

« 

"             Trinity  church,  Philipsburg, 

2 

00 

(i 

«             St.  James'  church,  Schuylkill  Haven, 

5 

24 

« 

«             St.  Paul's  church,  Bloomsburg, 

80 

June  28 

"              St.  Mark's  church,  Lewistown, 

2 

68 

Aug.  5 

«             Christ  church,  Philadelphia, 

50 

00 

Amount  carried  forward, 

,$447 

42 

Penosylrania,  in  account  with  Thomas  Robins,  Treasurer. 


1843 
May  18 


July  27 
Aug 


By  cash  paid  Rt.Rev.  H.  U.  Onderdonk,  in  full,  balance 
for  travelling  expenses,  to  30th  April, 
"        "      -Rev.  Joshua  N.  Rogers, 
J.  B.  Pratt, 
Wm.  Hilton, 
Thomas  Crumpton, 
C.  Wiltberger,  Jr., 
Geo.  W.  Natt, 
Wm.  White, 
Wm.  W.  Arnott, 
Geo.  C.  Drake, 
E.  N.  Lightner, 
R.  B.  Claxton, 
Wm.  H.  Norris, 
George  Kirke, 
Geo.  Upfold, 
E.  Y.  Buchanan, 
Joseph  H.  Siddall,  for  transcribing  of  pro. 

ceedings  of  the  Convention, 
for  late'  Secretary's  postage  bill, 
St.  Andrew's  church,  disbursements  for 

the  Convention  during  its  session, 
Jesper  Harding  for    printing  Journal  of 
Convention,  May,  1843, 


Cr. 


135 

6 

11 

18 

17 

11 

19 

16 

4 

11 

7 

5 

1 

17 

2 

10 
3 

16 

102 


25 
96 
60 
56 
40 
87 
60 
72 
24 
00 
60 
54 
22 
45 
40 
90 

00 
00 

75 

75 


Amount  carried  forward, 


l$420 


SI 


Dr. 


The  Convention  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in 


1844 

D.  | 

C. 

Amount  brought  forward, 

447 

42 

Jan.  3 

To  cash  from  Trinity  church,  Southwark, 

20 

00 

March  19 

"             St.  James'  church,  Philadelphia, 

100 

00 

April  20 

"             St.  Andrew's  church,  Philadelphia, 

50 

00 

"     23 

«             All  Saints  church,  Paradise, 

10 

00 

«     24 

"             Church  of  the  Epiphany,  Philadelphia, 

43 

20 

"     29 

"             St.  Stephen's  church,  Philadelphia, 

150 

70 

"     30 

"             St.  Philip's  church,  Philadelphia, 

28 

00 

$749 

33 

Pennsylvania  in  account  with  Thomas  Robins,  Treasurer. 


Cr. 


1844 

D. 

c. 

Amount  brought  forward, 

420 

81 

Jan. 10 

By  cash  paid  for  printing  the  Bishop's  charge, 

40 

01 

April  1 

"        "     Edward  C.  Biddle,  for  printing  circulars, 

12 

50 

12 

a        u     Wm.  Hoyland,  Sexton  of  St.  James', church, 

for  services  to  Standing  Committee, 

9 

00 

482 

32 

May  13 

Balance  in  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer, 

$267 

00 

E.E. 

Philadelphia,  13th  May,  1844. 


THOMAS  ROBINS,  Treat 


We  have  examined  the  above  account  and  find  it  correct. 

TOBIAS  WAGNER,         1  r 
JAMES  S.  NEWBOLD,   5  ^ommittee- 
Philadelphia,  May  13th,  1844. 


Dr.  Thomas  Robins,  Treasurer  of  the  Convention,  in  account  with 


1843 

D. 

C. 

May  8 

To  cash,  balance  in  the  treasury,  per  acct.  rendered, 

74 

27 

16 

To  cash  from  St.  James'  church,  Lancaster, 

19 

50 

" 

"              Christ  church,  Allegheny,    , 

5 

75 

<< 

"             Trinity  church,  Freeport, 

4 

00 

ii 

"             St.  Paul's  church,  Kittaning, 

5 

00 

19 

"             St.  Andrew's  church,  Springville, 

2 

00 

» 

"             St.  Paul's  church,  Montrose, 

1 

25 

July  27 

"             Principal  and  interest  of  $500  Treasury 

"                 notes,  paid  off  at  the  Philada.  Bank, 

533 

57 

1844 

Jan. 10 

"             Principal  and  interest  of  $100            Do. 

106 

00 

17 

"             Dividend  on  investment, 

77 

50 

$828 

84 

May  13 

To  cash  balance  in  the  Treasury, 

$217 

57 

E.  E. 

Philadelphia,  May  12th,  1844. 


THOMAS  ROBINS,  Treasurer. 


We  have  examined  the  above  account,  and  find  the  balance  as  stated 
correct,  and  the  certificates  on  hand  for  the  moneys  invested,  13th  May, 
1844. 


MOSES  KEMPTON, 
WM.  H.  NEWBOLD 


} 


Trustees. 


the  Fond  for  Infirm  and  Disabled  Clergymen. 


Cr. 


1343 
June  24 

Aug.  1 

Oct.  29 

1844 
May  13 


By  cash  paid  Rev.  Robert  Davis,  quarterly  stipend  due 

1st  inst. 
"  $500  city  of  Philadelphia,  five  per  cent. 

stock, 
"  Rev.  Robert  Davis,  quarterly  stipend  due 

1st  September, 

By  balance  in  the  Treasury, 


D. 

50 
511 

50 
217 


$828!  34 


The  investments  of  the  fund  are  as  follows,  viz. 

One  certificate  of  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  5  per  cent,  stock,  $1,000  00 
One  do  do  do  do  300  00 

One  do  do  do  do  500  00 


$1,800  00 


16 


Dr. 


Episcopal  Pimd  of  the  Diocese  of  FMuuyW unit, 


1643 

May 

20 

22 

8ept. 

30 

1644 

March  18 

May 

14 

To  cash  paid  discount  on  uncurrent  notes, 

"  Bishop  Onderdonk,  balance  due  him  for 

interest  to  Feb.  I,  1843, 
«  Bishop  Onderdonk, 

«  Bishop  Onderdonk, 

Balance  in  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer, 


181 
230 

115 

69 

|61S 


C. 
67 

55 
00 

00 
00 

22 


The  Episcopal  Fund  of  the  Diocese  of  Pennsylvania  is  invested  in  five 
per  cent  stock  of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania,  and  amounts  at  this  time  to 
seventeen  thousand  eight  hundred  and  eighty-seven  dollars  and  ninety-seven 
cents  in  stock,  and  to  eighty-nine  dollars  in  cash.  There  is  also  held  ax  part 
of^said  fund,  in  addition  to  the  above,  the  sum  of  thirteen  hundred  and  sixty- 
eight  dollars  and  forty-three  cents,  in  certificates  issued  by  said  State,  bearing 
an  interest  of  six  per  cent,  per  annum,  having  been  given  for  unpaid  interest 
on  the  above  mentioned  five  per  cent,  stock,  and  also  in  part  for  the  unpaid 
interest  on  a  portion  of  the  said  six  per  cent,  certificates. 

G.  M.  WHARTON,  >       Trustees  of 
JAMES  S.  SMITH,  >  Episcopal  Fund. 

Philadelphia,  May  14th,  1844. 


in  aeeonnt  with  G.  M.  Wharton,  Treasurer. 


Cr. 


1843 

May  11 

13 

15 

19 


20 
23 

27 

June — 

28 

Aug.  5 

Oct.  17 

1844 

March  18 

April  24 

30 

May  11 


By  balance  from  last  account, 
By  cash  from  St.  Peter's  church,  Philadelphia, 
"  Grace  church,  Philadelphia, 

"  St.  Andrew's  church,  Springville, 

St.  James'  church,  Lancaster, 
"  Trinity  church,  Oxford, 

"  Christ  church,  Leacock, 

St.  John's  church,  Pequea, 
St.  James'  church,  Schuylkill  Haven, 
"  Mission  church,  Coudersport, 

"  St.  John's  church,  Bellefonte, 

St.  Paul's  church,  Whiteland, 
All;  Saints  church  and  Emanuel  chapel, 

Philadelphia  county, 
St.  Paul's  church,  Wellsboro', 
St.  John's  church,  Carlisle, 
"  Bangor  church, 

"  Church  of  the  Holy  Trinity,  Westchester, 

Emanuel  church,  Kensington, 
"  St.  Paul's  church,  Philadelphia, 

"  Advent  church,  Northern  Liberties, 

"  St.  James'  church,  Perkiomen, 

St.  Thomas'  church,  Morgan  town, 
St.  Peter's  church,  Great  Valley, 
"  St.  David's  church,  Radnor, 

"  St.  Mary's  church,  Hamiltonville, 

"  St.  Stephen's  church,  Wilkesbarre, 

-  Trinity  church,  Pittsburg, 

"  St.  James'  church,  Philadelphia, 

"  St.  Paul's  church,  Bloomsburg, 

"  Church  of  the  Epiphany,  Philadelphia, 

"  St.  Andrew's  church,  Philadelphia, 

"  St.  Mark's  church,  Lewistown, 

Christ  church,  Philadelphia, 
"  St.  James'  church,  Schuylkill  Haven, 

"  St.  James'  church,  Philadelphia, 

"  Church  of  the  Epiphany,  Philadelphia, 

St.  Philip's  church,  Philadelphia, 
"  St.  Paul's  church,  Philadelphia, 

Christ  church,  Greensburg,  (less  discount 
on  notes), 


D. 

C. 

17 

50  0( 

3C 

94 

] 

30 

21 

25 

g 

60 

4 

00 

4 

00 

5 

00 

2 

50 

5 

00 

2 

13 

15 

46 

7 

00 

10 

00 

2 

20 

5 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

3 

00 

4 

87 

1 

64 

2 

40 

4 

14 

5 

00 

5 

62 

20 

00 

57 

73 

80 

48 

50 

20 

00 

6 

53 

50 

50 

10 

50 

102 

00 

30 

44 

35 

00 

15 

<*8 

4 

12 

$618 

22 

May  14  By  balance,  |  $89  00 

The  undersigned,  appointed  by  the  Standing  Committee,  do  certify,  that 
they  have  examined  the  foregoing  account,  and  found  the  same  correct. 
They  have  also  examined  the  certificates  of  stock  in  which  the  fund  is 
invested,  and  found  the  same  amounts  to  nineteen  thousand  two  hundred 
and  fifty-six  dollars  and  forty-five  cents.  [$19,256  45.]  There  is  due  to  the 
Bishop  of  the  Diocese,  the  sum  of  five  hundred  and  forty-nine  dollars  and 
forty  cents  [$549  40],  on  account  of  the  income  of  the  fund  for  the  vears 
1843,  1844.  ' 

TOBIAS  WAGNER.       }  „ 
Philadelphia,  May  17th,  1844.    JAMES  S.  NEWBOLD,  5  ^owmittee. 


CONSTITUTION, 


CANONS  AND  REGULATIONS 


OF  TBI 


PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHUKCH 


STATE  OF  PENNSYLVANIA. 


PHILADELPHIA: 

PUBLISHED   BY   ORDER   OF   THE   CONVENTION. 

KING  &  BAIRD,  PRINTERS,   9  GEORGE  ST. 

1844. 


CONSTITUTION,  CANONS,  &c. 


An    Act  of  Association   of  the   Clergy    and    Congrega- 
tions of  the'  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in 
the  State  of  Pennsylvania. 

Whereas,  by  the  late  Revolution,  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  in  the  United  States  of  America  is  become  indepen- 
dent of  the  ecclesiastical  jurisdiction  in  England;  in  conse- 
quence whereof,  it  is  necessary  for  the  clergy  and  congrega- 
tions of  the  said  church  to  associate  themselves  for  maintain- 
ing uniformity  of  divine  worship,  for  procuring  the  power 
of  ordination,  and  for  establishing  and  maintaining  a  system 
of  ecclesiastical  government. 

And  whereas,  at  a  meeting  of  sundry  clergymen  and  of  lay 
deputies  from  sundry  congregations  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal church  in  this  state,  held  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia, 
on  the  24th  day  of  May,  1784,  there  was  appointed  a  commit- 
tee, to  confer  and  correspond  with  representatives  from  the 
church  in  other  states,  for  the  purpose  of  constituting  an  ec- 
clesiastical government,  agreeably  to  certain  instructions  or 
fundamental  principles.* 

*  Which  are  as  follows : 

Fir$t,  That  the  Episcopal  Church  in  these  states  is  and  ought  to  be  inde- 
pendent of  all  foreign  authority,  ecclesiastical  or  civil. 
Secondly,  That  it  hath,  and  ought  to  have,  in  common  with  all  other  reli- 


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And  whereas,  the  said  committee,  being  assembled  in  the 
city  of  New  York,  on  the  6th  and  7th  days  of  October,  in 
the  same  year,  did  concur  with  clergymen  and  lay  deputies 
from  sundry  states,  in  proposing  a  Convention  from  all  the 
states,  to  be  held  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  on  the  Tuesday 
before  the  feast  of  St.  Michael  next  ensuing,  in  order  to 
unite  in  an  ecclesiastical  constitution,  agreeably  to  certain 
fundamental  principles,  expressed  in  the  said  proposal:* 

gious  societies,  full  and  exclusive  powers^to  regulate  the  concerns  of  its  own 
communion. 

Thirdly,  That  the  doctrines  of  the  gospel  be  maintained  as  now  professed 
by  the  Church  of  England;  and  uniformity  of  worship  be  continued,  as  near 
as  may  be,  to  the  Liturgy  of  the  said  Church. 

Fourthly,  That  the  succession  of  the  ministry  be  agreeable  to  the  usage 
which  requireth  the  three  orders  of  bishops,  priests,  and  deacons ;  that  the 
rights  and  powers  of  the  same  respectively  be  ascertained ;  and  that  they 
be  exercised  according  to  reasonable  laws  to  be  duly  made. 

Fifthly,  That  to  make  canons  or  laws,  there  be  no  other  authority  than 
that  of  a  representative  body  of  the  clergy  and  laity  conjointly. 

Sixthly,  That  no  powers  be  delegated  to  a  general  ecclesiastical  govern- 
ment, except  such  as  cannot  conveniently  be  exercised  by  the  clergy  and 
vestries  in  their  respective  congregations. 

*  Which  are  as  follow : 

First,  That  there  be  a  General  Convention  of  the  Episcopal  Church  in  the 
United  States  of  America. 

Second,  That  the  Episcopal  Church  in  each  state  send  deputies  to  the  Con- 
vention, consisting  of  clergy  and  laity. 

Third,  That  associated  congregations,  in  two  or  more  states,  may  send 
deputies  jointly. 

Fourth,  That  the  said  Church  shall  maintain  the  doctrines  of  the  gospel, 
as  now  held  by  the  Church  of  England,  and  shall  adhere  to  the  Liturgy  of  the 
said  Church,  as  far  as  shall  be  consistent  with  the  American  Revolution,  and 
the  Constitutions  of  the  respective  states. 

Fifth,  That  in  every  state  where  there  shall  be  a  bishop  duly  consecrated 
and  settled,  he  shall  be  considered  as  a  member  of  the  Convention,  ex  officio. 

Sixth,  That  the  clergy  and  laity  assembled  in  Convention,  shall  deliberate 
in  one  body,  but  shall  vote  separately,  and  the  concurrence  of  both  shall  be 
necessary  to  give  validity  to  every  measure. 

Seventh,  That  the  first  meeting  of  the  Convention  shall  be  at  Philadelphia 
the  Tuesday  before  the  feast  of  St.  Michael  next ;  to  which  it  is  hoped  and 
earnestly  desired  that  the  Episcopal  Churches  in  the  respective  states  will 


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And  whereas,  the  body  which  assembled  as  aforesaid  in 
Neiv  York  did  recommend  to  the  church  in  the  several  states, 
that  previously  to  the  said  intended  meeting,  they  should  or- 
ganize or  associate  themselves,  agreeably  to  such  rules  as 
they  shall  think  proper. 

It  is  therefore  hereby  determined  and  declared  by  the  con- 
gregations who  do  now  or  who  hereafter  shall  sign  this  act, 
either  by  its  being  ratified  by  their  respective  vestries,  or  by 
their  deputies  duly  authorized,  that  the  said  clergy  and  con- 
gregations shall  be  called  and  known  by  the  name  of  The 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  state  of  Pennsylvania' 

And  it  is  hereby  further  determined  and  declared  by  the 
said  clergy  and  congregations,  That  there  shall  be  a  Conven- 
tion of  the  said  church  ;  which  Convention  shall  consist  of  all 
the  clergy  of  the  same  and  of  lay  deputies ;  and  that  all  the 
acts  and  proceedings  of  said  Convention  shall  be  considered 
as  the  acts  and  proceedings  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church 
in  this  state ;  provided  always,  That  the  same  shall  be  consis- 
tent with  the  fundamental  principles  agreed  on  at  the  two 
aforesaid  meetings  in  Philadelphia  and  New  York. 

And  it  is  hereby  further  determined  and  declared  by  the 
said  clergy  and  congregations,  That  each  congregation  may 
send  to  the  Convention  a  deputy  or  deputies ;  and  where  two 
or  more  congregations  are  united,  they  may  send  a  deputy  or 
deputies  for  each  congregation ;  and  no  congregation  may 
send  a  clergyman  as  their  deputy ;  and  each  congregation 
represented  in  Convention  shall  have  one  vote. 

And  it  is  hereby  further  determined  and  declared  by  the 

send  their  clerical  and  lay  deputies,  duly  instructtd  and  authorized,  to  pro- 
ceed on  the  necessary  business  herein  proposed  for  their  deliberation. 

In  compliance  with  the  last  article,  the  following  persons  are  appointed, 
viz.  Clerical  Deputies,— The  Rev.  Doctors  White  and  Magaw,  and  the  Rev. 
Messrs.  Blackwell,  Hutchins,  and  Campbell.  And  Lay  Deputies,  Messrs. 
Richard  Peters,  Gerardus  Clarkson,  Samuel  Powel,  William  Atlee,  Jasper 
Yates,  Stephen  Chambers,  Edward  Hand,  Thomas  Heartly,  John  Clarke, 
Archibald  M'Grew,  Plunket  Fleeson,  Edward  Shippen,  Joseph  Swift,  An- 
drew Doz,  John  Wood,  Nicholas  Jones,  and  Edward  Duffield. 

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said  clergy  and  congregation,  That  the  clergy  and  lay  depu- 
ties in  Convention  shall  deliberate  in  one  body,  but  shall  vote 
as  two  distinct  orders,  and  that  the  concurrence  of  both  orders 
shall  be  necessary  to  give  validity  to  every  measure ;  and 
such  clergymen  and  lay  deputies  as  shall  at  any  time  be  duly 
assembled  in  Convention  shall  be  a  quorum;  and  on  every 
question,  the  votes  of  a  majority  of  those  present  of  the  two 
orders  respectively  shall  decide. 

And  it  is  hereby  further  determined  and  declared  by  the 
said  clergy  and  congregations,  That  all  such  clergymen  as 
shall  hereafter  be  settled  as  the  ministers  of  the  congregations 
ratifying  this  act,  shall  have  the  same  privileges,  and  be  sub- 
ject to  the  same  regulations,  as  the  clergy  now  subscribing 
the  same. 

And  it  is  hereby  further  determined  and  declared  by  the 
said  clergy  and  congregations,  That  the  Convention  shall 
meet  on  Monday,  the  22nd  day  of  May,  which  will  be  in 
the  year  of  our  Lord  1786,  and  for  ever  after  on  such  annual 
day,  and  at  such  other  times  and  at  such  places,  as  shall  be 
fixed  by  future  rules  of  the  Convention. 

And  it  is  hereby  further  determined  and  declared  by  the 
said  clergy  and  congregations,  That  if  the  clergy  and  congre* 
gations  of  any  adjoining  state  or  states  shall  desire  to  unite 
with  the  church  in  this  state  agreeably  to  the  fundamental 
principles  established  at  the  aforesaid  meeting  in  Neiv  York, 
then  the  Convention  shall  have  the  power  to  admit  the  said 
clergy  and  deputies  from  the  congregations  of  such  adjoining 
state  or  states,  to  have  the  same  privileges,  and  to  be  subject 
to  the  same  regulations,  as  the  clergy  and  congregations  in 
this  state. 

Done  in  Christ  Church,  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  this  24th 
day  of  May,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord,  17S5.  Witness  our 
hands,  in  ratification  of  the  premises.* 

*  The  signing  of  those  deputies  who  were  sent  to  the  Convention,  with- 
out  written  power,  was  deferred  until  such  powers  can  be  procured. 


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William  White,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  Christ  Church  and  St. 
Peter's  in  Philadelphia. 

Samuel  Magaw,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  church, 
Philadelphia. 

Robert  Blackwell,  Assistant  Minister  of  Christ  church 
and  St.  Peter's,  Philadelphia. 

Joseph  Hutchins,  Rector  of  St.  James's,  Lancaster. 

John  Campbell,  Rector  of  the  Episcopal  churches  of  York 
and  Huntington. 

Joseph  Swift,  Deputy  for  Christ  church. 

Samuel  Powel,  )  ^        ..      r     «.   t,  .     ,     *       , 

£  Deputies  for  St.  Peter  s  church. 

Gerardus  Clarkson,  3 

Plunket  Fleeson,  } 

John  Wood,  >  Deputies  for  St.  Paul's  church. 

Andrew  Doz,  j 

Edward  Hand,  Deputy  for  the  congregation  of  St.  James's, 
Lancaster. 

Nicholas  Jones,  Deputy  for  St.  Gabriel's,  Morlattin,  Berks. 

John  Campbell,  Deputy  for  the  congregation  of  York  and 
Huntington. 

'J     *  I  Deputies  for  St.  Paul's  church,  Chester. 
John  Shaw,  3 

SUPPLEMENT  TO  THE  ACT  OF  ASSOCIATION. 

Whereas  doubts  have  arisen  whether  under  the  act  of  asso- 
ciation, any  alterations  can  be  made  in  the  book  of  Common 
Prayer  and  the  administration  of  the  Sacraments,  and  other 
rites  and  ceremonies  of  the  church,  except  such  as  became 
necessary  in  consequence  of  the  late  revolution  : 

It  is  therefore  hereby  determined  and  declared,  that  further 
alterations  may  be  made  by  the  Convention,  constituted  by 
the  said  act,  provided  only,  that  "the  main  body  and  essen- 
tials" be  preserved,  and  alterations  made  in  such  forms  only 
as  the  church  of  England  hath  herself  acknowledged  to  be 
indifferent  and  alterable. 

And  it  is  hereby  further  determined  and  declared,  that  the 


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power  given  by  this  supplement  to  the  Convention  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  church  in  this  state,  may  be  conveyed 
to  a  Convention  of  the  said  church  in  the  United  States,  or 
in  such  states  as  are  willing  to  unite  in  a  constitution  of 
ecclesiastical  government,  if  the  same  shall  be  judged  most 
conductive  to  charity  and  uniformity  of  worship. 
Done  in  Christ  church,  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  this  27th 

day  of  May,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1786.     Witness  our 

hands  in  ratification  of  the  premises. 


CONSTITUTION* 


Whereas,  by  an  act  of  association  agreed  to  and  adopted 
in  Convention  on  the  24th  day  of  May,  17S5,  sundry  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  churches  within  this  commonwealth, 
were  united  under  the  name  of  "  The  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  in  the  State  of  Pennsylvania" — which  association 
now  embraces  all  those  clergy  and  congregations  who  did  at 
that  time  assent  to,  or  have  since  assented  to  the  same  : 

And  whereas  since  that  time,  by  General  Conventions  of 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  churches  within  the  United  States, 
a  constitution  and  canons  have  been  formed  for  the  govern- 
ment and  discipline  of  the  same,  which  recognize  each  state 
as  constituting  a  district  or  diocese,  with  the  right  to  the 
churches  within  the  same  to  exercise  a  local  government  over 
themselves,  which  has  been  accordingly  exercised  by  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  churches  within  the  state  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, associated  as  aforesaid ;  and  it  being  now  deemed 
expedient  more  expressly  to  set  forth  the  system  of  local 
government  to  be  exercised  within  this  diocese,  the  follow- 
ing, with  the  act  of  association,  is  declared  to  be  the  con- 
stitution of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  state  of 
Pennsylvania  : 

I.  This  church  as  a  constituent  part  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal church  of  the  United  States  of  America,  accedes  to, 
recognizes,  and  adopts  the  general  constitution  of  that  church, 
and  acknowledges  its  authority  accordingly. 

II.  There  shall  be  a  Stated  Convention  of  the  church  in 
this  state,  at  Philadelphia,  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  May,  in 

*  This  Constitution  was  adopted  by  the  Convention  of  1814. 


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every  year,  unless  a  different  time  and  place  be  fixed  on  by  a 
preceding  Convention. 

III.  The  bishop  shall  have  power  to  call  a  Special  Con- 
vention when  he  may  judge  it  conducive  to  the  good  of  the 
church,  or  when  applied  to  for  that  purpose  by  the  standing 
committee  ;  and  in  case  of  a  vacancy  in  the  Episcopal  chair, 
the  standing  committee  shall  have  power  to  call  a  Special 
Convention. 

IV.  The  Convention  shall  be  composed  of  clergymen  and 
laymen.  The  bishop,  and  assistant  bishop,  if  there  be  one, 
shall  have  a  seat  and  vote  in  Convention.  Every  clergyman 
of  the  church,  of  whatever  order,  being  a  settled  minister  of 
some  parish  within  this  state,  or  being  a  president,  professor, 
tutor,  or  instructor  in  some  college,  academy,  or  seminary  of 
learning,  incorporated  by  law,  or  being  a  missionary  under 
the  direction  of  the  ecclesiastical  authority  of  this  diocese,  or 
a  chaplain  in  the  navy  or  army  of  the  United  States,  shall  be 
entitled  to  a  seat  and  vote  in  Convention,  if  he  has  been  ac- 
tually and  personally,  as  well  as  canonically,  resident  within 
this  state,  for  the  space  of  twelve  calendar  months  next  be- 
fore the  meeting  of  the  Convention,  and  has  for  the  same 
period  been  employed  in  performing  the  duties  of  his  station  ; 
Provided,  that  any  temporary  absence  from  the  state  by 
reason  of  sickness,  and  any  such  absence,  not  exceeding  in  the 
whole  two  calendar  months  in  any  one  year,  and  any  such 
absence  with  the  written  permission  of  the  bishop  of  this 
diocese,  or  of  the  standing  committee  in  case  of  a  vacancy  in 
the  Episcopal  chair,  shall  be  taken  into  account  in  computing 
the  said  residence  ;  And  Provided  also,  that  no  clergyman  of 
advanced  years  or  infirm  health,  who  has  been  once  entitled 
to  a  seat  in  Convention,  shall  lose  his  right  to  a  seat  therein, 
by  reason  of  his  having  ceased  to  have  charge  of  a  parish,  or 
to  be  in  the  service  of  a  seminary  of  learning,  or  to  be  a  mis- 
sionary as  aforesaid. 

No  church  shall  be  admitted  a  member  of  this  Convention, 
which  does  not,  by  its  charter  or  articles  of  association,  ex- 


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pressly  accede  to  the  constitution,  canons,  doctrines,  discipline 
and  worship,  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church  in  the  United 
States,  and  to  the  constitution  and  canons  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  church  in  this  diocese. 

Each  regularly  established  Protestant  Episcopal  church  in 
this  state,  now  a  member,  or  which  shall  hereafter  be  admit- 
ted a  member  of  the  Convention,  may  send  to  the  Convention 
a  lay  deputy  or  deputies,  not  exceeding  three  in  number,  to 
be  elected  by  the  vestry  of  the  said  church :  Provided  that 
no  person  shall  be  competent  to  serve  as  deputy,  unless  he 
has  been  a  worshipper  in  the  church  he  represents,  six  calen- 
dar months  next  before  his  election. 

When  two  or  more  churches  are  united  under  one  vestry, 
deputies  may  be  sent  from  each  church,  subject  to  the  pro- 
viso aforesaid. 

The  deputation  from  each  church  shall  be  entitled  to  one 
vote  and  no  more. 

No  deputation  from  any  church  shall  be  entitled  to  a  vote 
at  the  same  Convention  at  which  the  church  shall  be  admitted 
as  a  member.* 

When  any  church  which  has  been  admitted  a  member  of 
the  Convention  'of  this  diocese,  shall,  for  three  years,  have 
made  no  parochial  report  to  the  same,  no  missionary  report 
being  made  in  its  behalf,  and,  during  the  same  period,  shall 
neither  have  employed  a  clergyman  as  its  parish  minister,  nor 
requested  of  the  bishop  to  have  the  services  of  a  missionary, 
the  said  church  shall  no  longer  have  a  right  to  send  a  deputy 
or  deputies  to  the  Convention  ;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Convention  to  declare  the  same.  But  any  such  church  shall 
again  acquire  that  right,  if,  on  its  application,  accompanied 
with  a  report  of  its  condition  satisfactory  on  the  points  herein 
mentioned,  the  Convention  shall  agree  thereto  :  and  this  right 
shall  take  effect  from  and  after  the  rising  of  the  Convention 
so  agreeing.! 

*  This  article  was  amended  in  1824,  and  again  in  1829. 
f  Added  in  1838— See  Journal,  p.  36. 


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V.  The  bishop  shall  preside  in  the  Convention — but  in 
case  of  a  vacancy  or  necessary  absence,  the  members  shall 
elect  a  president  from  among  the  clergy. 

VI.  A  secretary  shall  be  chosen  upon  the  assembling  of 
the  Annual  Convention  from  among  the  members  thereof, 
who  shall  remain  in  office  until  the  meeting  of  the  next  Con- 
vention. His  duty  shall  be  to  take  minutes  of  their  proceed- 
ings, to  preserve  their  journals  and  records,  to  attest  the  public 
acts  of  the  body,  and  faithfully  to  deliver  into  the  hands  of 
his  successor,  all  books  and  papers  relative  to  the  concerns 
of  the  Convention,  which  may  be  in  his  possession.  Such 
other  officers  also  shall  be  appointed  as  the  Convention  may 
find  occasion  for,  to  remain  in  office  for  such  time  as  they 
may  direct. 

All  officers  and  committees  appointed  by  ballot  must,  in 
order  to  their  election,  receive  the  votes  of  a  majority  of  the 
clerical  members,  and  of  the  lay  representations.  And  in  all 
cases  of  a  failure,  or  omission  to  elect  any  officer  or  annual 
committee,  the  persons  then  in  office,  or  belonging  to  the 
committee,  shall  continue  in  their  station  until  others  shall  be 
chosen.* 

VII.  The  clergy  and  lay  deputies  in  Convention,  shall 
deliberate  in  one  body,  and  shall  vote  as  such,  except  when 
it  is  required  otherwise  by  five  members.  In  such  a  case  the 
Convention  shall  vote  as  two  distinct  orders,  and  the  concur- 
rence of  both  orders  shall  be  necessary  to  give  validity  to  a 
measure — and  such  clergymen  and  lay  deputies  as  shall  at 
any  time  be  duly  assembled  in  Convention,  shall  be  a  quorum 
— and  on  every  question  the  votes  of  a  majority  of  those  pre- 
sent, or,  if  required  by  five,  the  votes  of  a  majority  of  those 
present  of  the  two  orders  respectively  shall  decide. 

VIII.  The  standing  committee  and  council  of  advice  shall 
consist  of  ten  members,  five  clerical  and  five  lay  members. 
At  their  first  meeting  they  shall  elect  one  of  their  clerical 
members  to  be  president,  and  another  of  their  members  to  be 

•  Amended  in  1829. 


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secretary.  They  shall  keep  regular  minutes  of  their  proceed- 
ings, subject  to  the  inspection  of  the  Convention.  Any  three 
of  the  members  (the  whole  having  been  summoned)  shall  be 
a  quorum,  except  for  such  purposes  as,  agreeably  to  their  own 
rules,  may  require  a  larger  number.  They  may  make  rules 
of  meeting  and.  business,  and  alter  or  repeal  them  from  time 
to  time. 

IX.  The  election  of  a  bishop  of  this  diocese  shall  be  made 
in  Convention  in  the  following  manner :  The  order  of  the 
clergy  shall  nominate  and  appoint  by  ballot  some  fit  and 
qualified  clergyman  for  that  office,  and  if  this  appointment 
be  approved  of  by  the  lay  order,  he  shall  be  declared  duly 
elected.  In  the  above  mentioned  nomination  and  appoint- 
ment, a  majority  of  each  order  shall  determine  a  choice,  pro- 
vided that  two-thirds  of  all  the  clergy  entitled  to  votes  be 
present,  and  two-thirds  of  all  the  congregations  entitled  to 
votes  be  represented,  otherwise  two-thirds  of  the  votes  of 
each  order  shall  be  necessary  to  determine  a  choice. 

X.  The  mode  of  altering  this  constitution  shall  be  as  fol- 
lows: a  proposition  for  amendment  shall  be  introduced  in 
writing,  and  considered  in  the  Convention  :  and  if  approved 
of,  shall  lie  over  to  the  next  Convention  ;  and  if  again  ap- 
proved of  in  the  next  ensuing  Convention,  by  a  majority  of 
the  two  orders  voting  thereon  separately,  the  change  shall 
take  place,  and  the  constitution  so  altered  shall  be  valid  and 

obligatory. 

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CANONS 

OF    THE 

PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH 

IN    THE 

STATE    OF   PENNSYLVANIA. 

ADOPTED  IN  1829. 


CANON  I. 

Of  the  trial  of  a  Clergyman,  not  being  a  Bishop. 

Sec.  I.  The  trial  of  a  clergyman,  not  being  a  bishop,  shall 
be,  on  a  presentment  in  writing,  specifying  with  clearness  and 
certainty,  as  to  time,  place,  and  circumstance,  the  crime,  or  mis- 
demeanor, by  violation  of  the  canons, or  otherwise,  charged: 
the  said  presentment  to  be  made  to  the  Bishop,  either  by  the 
Convention,  or  by  the  vestry  of  the  parish  to  which  the  ac- 
cused belongs,  or  by  any  three  presbyters  of  this  diocese 
entitled  to  a  seat  in  the  Convention  :  the  said  vestry  or  pres- 
byters pledging  themselves  to  make  good  the  accusation.  If 
the  presentment  be  made  by  the  Convention,  they  shall  by 
ballot  appoint  a  committee  to  sign  and  prosecute  the  same. 

Sec  II.  Such  presentment  being  made  to  the  Bishop,  and 
being  accompanied  by  a  farther  statement  in  writing  of  the 
names  of  the  witnesses,  and  of  the  purport  of  their  evidence, 
and  by  such  documentary  evidence  as  is  relied  on,  the  Bishop 
shall  cause  a  copy  of  such  presentment  to  be  served  upon  the 
accused,  by  a  summoner  appointed  by  the  bishop,  and  shall 
call  upon  him  by  written  summons  to  show  cause,  at  a  day 


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and  place  therein  named,  why  a  commissary  should  not  be 
appointed  as  hereinafter  set  forth  :  and  upon  the  return  of  the 
summoner  that  he  has  served  the  same,  and  no  sufficient  cause 
to  the  contrary  being  shown,  the  bishop  shall  appoint  a  suita- 
ble person  to  be  a  commissary,  who  shall  repair  to  the  city  or 
county,  where  the  crime  or  misdemeanor  is  alleged  to  have 
been  committed  ;  and,  having  either  then  or  previously  ap- 
pointed a  convenient  time  and  place,  and  given  not  less  than 
fifteen  days  notice  thereof  by  a  summoner  appointed  by  the 
bishop  to  the  party  accused,  and  also  to  the  chairman  or  a 
member  of  the  committee  appointed  by  the  Convention,  or  to 
either  churchwarden  of  the  vestry,  or  to  any  one  of  the  three 
presbyters  presenting,  the  commissary  shall  then  and  there 
proceed  to  examine  the  witnesses  on  both  sides,  carefully 
taking  down  their  examinations  in  writing,  which  being  ap- 
proved by  the  witnesses  shall  be  signed  by  them  respectively: 
and,  if  it  be  required  by  either  party,  some  person  qualified  by 
law  to  administer  an  oath  or  affirmation  shall  be  requested  to 
do  so  in  his  behalf:  and  the  examinations  so  taken,  with  any 
documentary  evidence  certified  by  the  commissary  and  en- 
closed under  his  seal,  shall  by  him  be  delivered  or  transmitted 
to  the  bishop  without  delay  ;  whereupon  further  proceedings 
shall  be  taken,  unless,  upon  satisfactory  evidence  of  error  or 
malpractice,  the  bishop  shall  deem  it  necessary  to  justice  to 
order  a  further  examination  ;  in  which  case  the  same  or 
another  commissary,  as  the  bishop  shall  determine,  shall  be 
appointed  as  before,  and  with  similar  powers  and  duties  : 
Provided,  nevertheless,  that  before  the  trial,  the  commissary 
shall  issue  a  citation,  with  reasonable  notice,  to  the  respective 
witnesses,  to  attend  at  the  time  and  place  of  trial ;  and  in  case 
of  their  personal  attendance,  their  testimony  may,  at  the 
request  of  the  party  presenting,  or  party  accused,  or  by  order 
of  the  commissary  and  assessors,  be  taken  anew  orally  and 
reduced  to  writing  again ;  but  the  non-attendance  of  the 
respective  witnesses,  shall  not  in  any  case  be  a  ground  for 
refusing  to  read  such  depositions  as  have  been  duly  taken  ; 


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and,  provided  also,  that  if  the  party  accused  desire  it,  the 
examination  of  witnesses  and  trial  shall  be  in  public,  and 
that  said  party  shall  be  entitled  to  a  copy  of  the  evidence  if 
he  require  it. 

Sec.  III.  Either  before  the  appointment  of  a  commissary,  or 
after  a  report  made  by  him,  the  bishop  shall  have  power  to 
dismiss  the  presentment,  and  declare  the  accused  party  dis- 
charged, if  the  accusation  contained  in  it  appears  to  him  an 
insufficient  cause  of  presentment  in  itself,  or  to  be  clearly 
unsupported  by  the  evidence. 

Sec.  IV.  Upon  the  report  of  the  commissary  being  made  to 
the  bishop,  and  no  further  examination  being  ordered,  nor  the 
presentment  dismissed  by  him  as  aforesaid,  the  standing  com- 
mittee shall  nominate  twelve  presbyters  of  this  diocese  having 
a  seat  in  the  Convention,  of  whom  the  accused  may  choose 
four,  or  in  case  of  his  refusal  or  neglect  so  to  do,  the  standing 
committee  shall  select  four  ;  and  the  presbyters  so  chosen  shall 
be  the  assessors.  And  the  commissary  and  assessors,  having 
agreed  upon  some  convenient  time  and  place,  and  having 
caused  not  less  than  thirty  days'  written  or  printed  notice 
thereof  to  be  given  to  the  party  accused,  and  also  to  the 
chairman  or  a  member  of  the  committee  appointed  by  the 
Convention,  or  to  either  churchwarden  of  the  vestry,  or  to 
any  one  of  the  three  presbyters  presenting,  the  said  notice  to 
be  given  by  a  summoner  appointed  by  the  bishop,  shall  then 
and  there  proceed  to  the  trial,  upon  the  evidence  and  report 
of  the  commissary,  and  upon  such  other  evidence  as  may  be 
produced ;  which  new  evidence  shall  be  reduced  to  writing, 
and  approved  and  signed  by  the  witnesses  respectively,  as 
before.  The  commissary  and  assessors  having  deliberately 
considered  the  evidence,  shall,  within  ten  days  after  closing 
the  same,  declare  in  a  written  judgment  signed  by  them,  or 
by  a  majority  of  them,  that  the  accused  is  guilty,  or  that  he 
is  not  guilty  of  the  charges  laid  in  the  presentment,  in  the 
order  therein  set  forth ;  which  judgment,  with  all  the  evi- 
dence received,  shall  be  delivered  forthwith  to  the  bishop  ; 


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provided  always,  that  the  accused  shall  be  allowed  to  be 
present  at  all  the  examinations  of  witnesses  and  other  pro- 
ceedings, whether  held  by  the  commissary,  or  by  the  com- 
missary and  assessors,  and  to  offer  explanations,  or  a  defence 
of  the  acts  with  which  he  is  charged  ;  and  provided  also,  that 
the  matter  of  such  explanations  or  defence  shall  be  reduced 
to  writing  by  the  accused,  and  be  presented  with  the  evi- 
dence to  the  bishop. 

Sec.  V.  If  the  accused  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  appear 
before  the  commissary,  when  summoned  according  to  Sec.  2, 
of  this  canon,  the  examination  shall  proceed  as  if  he  were 
present.  And  if  the  accused  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  appear 
before  the  commissary  and  assessors,  (except  for  some  reason- 
able cause,  to  be  judged  of  by  them,)  when  summoned 
according  to  Sec.  4,  of  this  canon,  and  no  defence  be  there 
made  under  his  authority,  they  shall  declare  him  to  be  in 
contumacy,  and  report  the  same  to  the  bishop,  and  sentence 
of  suspension  from  the  ministry  shall  pass  against  him  for 
contumacy ;  but  the  said  sentence  may  be  reversed  by  the 
bishop,  if  within  three  calendar  months  the  accused  shall 
tender  himself  ready,  and  accordingly  appear  to  take  his  trial 
on  the  presentment :  but  if  he  shall  not  so  tender  himself 
before  the  expiration  of  the  said  three  months,  the  sentence 
of  degradation  from  the  ministry  for  contumacy  shall  forth- 
with be  pronounced  by  the  bishop,  and  shall  be  publicly  read 
in  the  churches. 

Sec.  VI.  The  accused  on  his  first  appearance,  whether 
before  the  bishop  at  the  return  of  the  summouer  previous  to 
the  appointment  of  a  commissary,  or  before  the  commissary, 
or  before  the  commissary  and  assessors,  shall  be  called  on  to 
say  whether  he  is  guilty  or  not  guil  ty  of  the  offence  or  offences 
charged  against  him.  On  his  neglect  or  refusal  to  answer* 
the  plea  of  not  guilty  shall  be  entered  for  him.  And  if  he 
be  found,  or  confess  himself,  guilty  of  the  matters  charged 
in  the  presentment,  or  any  of  them,  the  bishop  shall  pronounce 
the  sentence  according  to  the  canons  ;  but  in  case  of  a  vacancy 


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in  the  episcopate,  the  standing  committee  shall  report  the 
proceedings  to  the  bishop  of  some  other  diocese,  as  near  as 
may  be  to  this,  by  whom  the  sentence  according  to  the  canons 
may  be  pronounced.  Provided  always,  that  the  bishop, 
upon  satisfactory  proof  of  error  or  mal -practice  in  the  pro- 
ceedings of  the  commissary  and  assessors,  or  on  account  of 
error  in  their  judgment  either  in  law  or  fact,  may,  if  he 
deems  it  necessary  to  justice,  grant  a  new  trial  to  the  ac- 
cused ;  in  which  case,  new  assessors  shall  be  appointed,  and 
the  other  proceedings  be  conducted  as  directed  by  Sec.  4,  of 
this  canon. 

Sec.  VII.  The  proceedings  in  the  case  being  complete, 
according  to  the  requisitions  of  this  canon,  the  sentence  or 
penalty  pronounced  by  the  bishop  according  to  the  canons, 
shall  be  final. 

CANON  II. 

Of  the  proceedings  in  the  trial  of  a  Layman,  after  repulsion  by  the  Min- 
ister from  the  Holy  Communion. 

If  any  person  repelled  from  the  holy  communion,  according 
to  the  rubric,  shall  allege  to  the  bishop  that  injustice  has  been 
done,  or  if,  notwithstanding  he  shall  have  professed  himself 
ready  and  willing  in  truth  and  sincerity  to  comply  with  the 
requisitions  expressed  in  the  rubric,  in  order  to  be  restored  to 
the  holy  communion,  his  repulsion  shall  be  continued,  he  may 
present  his  complaint  in  writing  to  the  bishop,  setting  forth 
the  grounds  thereof,  and  desiring  that  he  may  be  restored  to 
the  communion.  Whereupon,  unless  the  bishop  shall  in  a 
summary  manner  direct  him  to  be  restored,  an  inquiry  and 
examination  shall  be  made  in  manner  following.  The  notice 
given  to  the  bishop  by  the  minister  repelling,  shall  stand  in  the 
place  of  a  presentment  of  the  party  repelled;  and  the  proceed- 
ings thereon  shall  be  the  same  as  are  before  provided  in  the 
case  of  a  presentment  made  against  a  clergyman,  not  being  a 
bishop,  after  the  report  of  the  commissary,  except  that  besides 
the  clerical  assessors,  the  bishop  shall  nominate  twelve  lay- 


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men  of  this  diocese,  of  whom  the  accused  may  choose  four,  or 
in  case  of  his  neglect  or  refusal,  the  standing  committee  shall 
appoint  four,  and  the  four  persons  so  chosen  or  appointed, 
with  the  four  clerical  assessors,  to  be  chosen  or  appointed  as 
aforesaid,  having  added  one  layman  to  their  number,  shall  be 
the  assessors,  and  proceed  to  the  trial  in  like  manner  as  is 
provided  in  the  case  of  a  clergyman,  not  being  a  bishop;  and 
having  heard  and  deliberately  considered  the  allegations  and 
testimony  on  either  side,  they,  or  a  majority  of  them,  shall  de- 
clare in  writing  their  judgment,  whether  the  party  presented 
has  been  rightfully  repelled,  according  to  the  rubric,  or  not : 
and  whether  his  repulsion  ought  or  ought  not  to  be  contin- 
ued ;  and  shall  forthwith  report  their  judgment  to  the  bishop; 
and  unless  the  bishop  shall  see  cause  to  order  a  rehearing  of 
the  case  by  the  assessors,  or,  if  desired  by  the  party  repelled, 
by  other  assessors  to  be  nominated  and  chosen,  or  appointed 
in  manner  aforesaid,  he  shall  communicate  the  judgment  to 
the  minister  repelling,  and  to  the  party  repelled,  which  shall 
be  final  and  conclusive.  Provided  that  if  the  judgment  shall 
direct  a  further  continuance  of  the  repulsion,  it  shall  never- 
theless be  subject  to  all  the  conditions  and  provisions  of  the 
rubric. 

CANON  III. 

Of  the  trial  of  a  Bishop. 

Sec.  I.  The  presentment  of  a  bishop  shall  be  made  only 
by  the  Convention,  and  at  a  stated  session,  a  majority  of  each 
order  concurring :  it  shall  be  in  writing,  setting  forth  with 
clearness  and  certainty,  in  regard  to  time,  place,  and  circum- 
stance, the  crime,  or  the  misdemeanor  imputed;  and  shall  be 
signed  by  the  clerical  and  lay  members  thereto  consenting, 
and  made  to  any  two  or  more,  not  exceeding  three,  bishops : 
provided  that  the  resolution  to  present,  and  the  vote  thereon, 
shall  not,  in  any  case,  take  place  on  the  same  day.  And  the 
Convention  making  the  presentment,  shall  by  a  concurrent 
vote,  appoint  a  committee,  to  consist  of  three  presbyters  and 


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three  lay  members  of  their  own  body,  to  whom  they  may  give 
instructions  for  prosecuting  the  same;  of  which  committee  the 
member  first  named  shall  be  the  chairman,  and  so  succes- 
sively, if  a  vacancy  happens.  Upon  a  presentment  being  so 
made,  the  bishops  shall  have  authority  to  proceed  thereupon 
in  the  manner  hereby  directed. 

Sec.  II.  The  bishops  shall  cause  a  copy  of  the  presentment 
to  be  served  upon  the  accused  by  a  summoner  to  be  by  them 
appointed,  and  shall  call  on  him  by  written  summons  to  appear 
at  a  time  and  place  named,  and  answer  thereto.  If  he  appear, 
he  shall  then  be  called  on  to  say  whether  he  is  guilty  or  not 
guilty  of  the  offence  or  offences  charged  against  him;  and,  on 
his  neglect  or  refusal,  the  plea  of  not  guilty  shall  be  entered 
for  him.  Whereupon,  unless  he  confess  himself  guilty,  the 
bishops  shall  nominate  three  other  bishops,  if  there  be  so  many 
in  the  United  States;  and  if  not,  all  the  other  bishops;  and  out 
of  the  whole  number,  that  is  to  say,  the  bishops  to  whom  the 
presentment  is  made,  and  the  others  by  them  nominated,  the 
accused  bishop  may  choose  three;  or  if  he  neglect  or  refuse  so 
to  do,  the  bishops  to  whom  the  presentment  is  made,  if  only 
two,  shall  appoint  one  other,  who  with  themselves  shall  be  the 
judges  on  the  trial ;  or  if  they  be  three,  then  these  three  shall 
be  the  judges. 

Sec.  III.  The  bishops  so  appointed  or  constituted  the 
judges,  shall  fix  on  some  convenient  time  and  place  within 
this  diocese  for  the  trial,  and  having  caused  at  least  thirty 
days'  notice  thereof  to  be  given  to  the  accused  by  a  summoner 
to  be  by  them  appointed,  and  also  to  the  chairman  of  the 
committee  of  the  Convention,  constituted  to  conduct  the  pro- 
secution of  the  presentment  in  the  manner  before  directed, 
they  shall  then  and  there  proceed  in  the  trial ;  provided,  that 
for  sufficient  cause,  or  to  prevent  a  failure  of  justice,  they 
may  adjourn  from  time  to  time ;  and  provided  also  that  the 
accused  shall  at  all  times  during  the  trial  have  free  liberty 
to  be  present,  to  produce  his  testimony,  and  to  make  his  de- 
fence. 


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Sec.  IV.  The  judges  having  fully  heard  the  allegations 
and  testimony  of  the  parties,  and  deliberately  considered  the 
same,  after  they  have  withdrawn  shall  declare  respectively 
whether,  in  their  opinion,  the  accused  be  guilty  or  not  guilty 
of  the  charges  contained  in  the  presentment,  in  the  order  in 
which  they  are  set  forth;  and  the  declaration  of  a  majority  of 
the  judges,  being  reduced  to  writing,  and  signed  by  those  who 
assent  thereto,  shall  be  considered  as  the  judgment  of  said 
judges,  and  shall  be  pronounced  in  the  presence  of  the  par- 
ties, if  they  choose  to  attend.     And  if  it  be  that  the  accused 
is  guilty,  the  judges  shall  at  the  same  time  pass  their  sen- 
tence, and  award  the  penalty  according  to  the  canons  :    pro- 
vided, that  if  the  accused  shall,  before  sentence  is  passed,  show 
satisfactory  cause  to  induce  a  belief  that  justice  has  not  been 
done,  the  judges,  or  a  majority  of  them,  may,  according  to 
their  sound  discretion,  grant  a  rehearing ;  and  in  either  case, 
before  passing  sentence,  the  accused  shall  have  the  opportunity 
of  being  heard,  if  he  have  aught  to  say  in  excuse  or  palliation. 
Provided  that  the  accused  shall  not  be  held  guilty,  unless  a 
majority  of  the  judges  shall  concur  in  regard  to  one  or  more 
of  the  offences  charged,  and  only  as  relates  to  those  charges 
in  which  a  majority  so  concur. 

Sec.  V.  If  the  accused  bishop  neglect  o^  refuse  to  appear, 
according  to  the  summons  of  the  bishops  to  whom  the  pre- 
sentment is  made,  or  to  appear  and  make  defence  before  the 
judges,  notice  having  been  served  on  him  as  aforesaid,  ex- 
cept for  some  reasonable  cause,  to  be  allowed  by  the  said 
bishops  or  judges,  they  shall  declare  him  to  be  in  contumacy; 
and  sentence  of  suspension  from  the  ministry  shall  be  pro- 
nounced against  him  for  contumacy,  by  the  senior  of  the  said 
bishops  or  judges  :  but  the  said  sentence  shall  be  reversed,  if 
within  three  calendar  months  he  shall  tender  himself  ready, 
and  accordingly  appear  and  take  his  trial  on  the  presentment. 
But  if  the  accused  bishop  shall  not  so  tender  himself  before 
the  expiration  of  the  said  three  months,  the  sentence  of  de- 
gradation from  the  ministry  shall,  at  the  instance  of  the  prose- 

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cuting  committee,  be  pronounced  against  him  by  the  senior 
of  the  two  or  more  bishops,  to  whom  the  case  was  originally 
referred. 

CANON  IV. 

Of  taking  the  depositions  of  witnesses. 
If,  in  any  case,  either  of  a  clergyman,  not  being  a  bishop, 
or  of  a  layman,  the  testimony  of  witnesses  shall  be  requisite, 
whose  attendance  before  the  commissary  or  at  the  trial  can- 
not, in  the  opinion  of  the  bishop,  be  procured,  their  deposi- 
tions shall  be  taken  and  reduced  to  writing,  upon  such  notice 
to  the  party  presenting  or  party  accused,  and  under  such 
other  regulations,  as  the  bishop  shall  prescribe,  and  shall, 
when  taken  in  conformity,  be  read  in  evidence,  with  the  same 
effect  as  if  taken  by  the  commissary,  or  at  the  trial.  In  the 
case  of  an  accused  bishop,  the  taking  of  the  testimony  of  such 
witnesses  may,  in  like  manner,  and  with  the  same  effect,  be 
authorized  by  the  bishops  appointed  to  be  the  judges. 

CANON  V. 

Of  persons  against  whom  presentments  are  made,  not   to  be  found,   or 
removed  ,•   and  of  the  service  of  notices,  or  citations. 

Sec.  I.  If  a  presentment  be  duly  made  against  a  clergy- 
man, not  a  bishop,  and  after  reasonable  diligence  he  cannot 
be  found  in  this  diocese,  or  has  removed  from  it,  and  notice 
of  the  presentment  cannot  on  that  account  be  served  on  him, 
and  return  be  made  accordingly  by  the  summoner,  in  such 
case,  the  bishop,  with  the  advice  of  the  standing  committee, 
having  considered  the  character  of  the  accusation,  and  the 
probability  of  its  truth,  may  suspend  the  accused  from  the 
exercise  of  all  his  ministerial  functions.  But  such  suspension 
shall  be  removed,  if  within  three  months  the  accused  shall 
appear  and  accept  service  of  a  citation,  returnable  within 
thirty  days.  If  the  accused  shall  not  so  appear  within 
twelve  months,  the  bishop,  with  the  consent  of  the  standing 


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committee,  may  pronounce  sentence  of  degradation  against 
him. 

Sec.  II.  If,  from  causes  the  same  as  those  mentioned  in 
the  preceding  section,  notice  of  presentment  cannot  be  served 
on  an  accused  bishop,  and  return  be  made  accordingly  by 
the  summoner,  the  two  or  more  bishops  before  whom  the  pre- 
sentment is  first  laid,  shall,  after  sixty  days,  proceed  to  exam- 
ine the  witnesses  for  the  prosecution,  and  such  other  witnesses 
as  may  offer,  all  the  evidence  being  reduced  to  writing,  and 
signed  by  the  witnesses  respectively.  The  said  two  or  more 
bishops,  or  a  majority  of  them,  shall  then  transmit  to  each  of 
the  other  bishops  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the 
United  States,  copies  of  the  presentment,  and  of  the  evidence 
so  taken,  requesting  of  each  of  them  his  opinion  in  writing, 
whether  the  accused  bishop  is  guilty  or  not  guilty ;  and  the 
said  two  or  more  bishops  shall  also  produce  in  writing  their 
respective  opinions  on  the  same  question.  And  if  a  majority 
of  all  the  bishops  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the 
United  States  shall  so  declare  their  opinion  that  the  accused 
is  guilty,  the  senior  of  the  said  two  or  more  bishops  shall,  at 
the  instance  of  the  prosecuting  committee  of  the  Convention, 
pronounce  sentence  of  degradation  from  the  ministry  against 
the  bishop  accused;  and  this  sentence  shall  be  final. 

Sec  III.  Every  notice  or  citation  to  either  party,  required 
in  consequence  of  a  presentment,  shall  be  directed  to  the 
summoner  appointed  for  the  occasion,  according  to  the  canons 
respectively ;  and  return  thereof  shall  be  made  thereon  in 
writing ;  and  the  leaving  a  copy  at  the  last  place  of  abode  of 
the  person  to  be  cited,  or  delivering  it  to  him  in  person,  shall 
be  deemed  good  service  thereof. 

CANON  VI. 

Of  Penalties. 

Sec  I.  If  any  clergyman  of  this  church,  not  a  bishop,  shall 
be  guilty  of  crime  or  of  misdemeanor,  by  violation  of  the 


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canons,  or  otherwise,  and  shall  be  thereof  duly  convicted,  or 
shall  confess  himself  guilty,  he  shall  be  admonished  by  the 
bishop,  or  suspended  from  the  ministry,  or  degraded  there- 
from, according  to  the  character  and  circumstances  of  his 
offence.  All  suspension  or  degradation  from  the  ministry 
shall  be  from  the  entire  ministry,  and  not  merely  from  a 
higher  to  a  lower  grade  of  the  same. 

Sec  II.  After  an  accused  clergyman,  not  a  bishop,  has 
been  convicted  by  the  commissary  and  assessors,  the  said 
commissary  and  assessors  shall  forthwith  proceed  to  con- 
sider, and  declare,  in  writing,  and  under  their  signatures  what 
in  their  opinion  is  the  due  punishment  of  the  offence,  of  which 
the  accused  has  been  found  guilty,  having  respect  to  the  cha- 
racter and  circumstances  of  the  offence,  whether  admonition 
by  the  bishop,  suspension,  and  for  what  period,  or  under  what 
conditions,  or  degradation  ;  and  they,  or  a  majority  of  them, 
being  assembled  for  this  purpose,  shall  not  separate  or  adjourn, 
until  they  have  so  declared  their  opinion  of  the  due  punish- 
ment; and  their  said  declaration  shall  be  forthwith  delivered 
or  transmitted  to  the  bishop,  together  with  their  judgment  of 
conviction,  and  the  evidence  in  the  cause. 

Sec.  III.  If  the  bishop  approve  of  the  punishment  so  de- 
clared, he  shall  in  writing  give  sentence  accordingly ;  but  if  he 
do  not  approve  of  it,  he  shall,  in  like  manner,  impose  such 
other  less  punishment  hereby  authorized,  as  he  shall  think 
justly  due. 

Sec.  IV.  If  a  layman  repelled  by  his  minister  shall  after 
trial  be  found  guilty,  his  repulsion  shall  continue,  subject  to 
the  conditions  of  the  rubric. 

Sec.  V.  If  a  clergyman,  not  a  bishop,  shall  confess  himself 
guilty  on  any  presentment  duly  made,  the  bishop  shall  deter- 
mine on  his  punishment,  whether  admonition,  suspension,  and 
for  what  term,  and  on  what  conditions,  or  degradation  from 
the  ministry.  If  a  lay  person,  after  appealing  to  the  bishop, 
from  the  sentence  of  repulsion  from  the  holy  communion, 
shall,  at  any  period  before  or  during  the  investigation  or  trial, 


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confess  himself  guilty  of  the  offence  or  offences  for  which  he 
was  repelled,  the  bishop  shall  determine  the  duration  of  his 
repulsion,  or  the  conditions  on  which  it  shall  be  removed. 
Provided  always,  and  in  all  cases  of  repulsion  from  the  holy 
communion,  that,  if  the  person  repelled  be  visited  with  ex- 
treme or  mortal  sickness,  the  minister  of  the  parish,  if  satis- 
fied that  he  is  truly  penitent,  but  not  otherwise,  may  admin- 
ister the  holy  communion,  or  authorize  it  to  be  administered 
to  him  before  his  death,  though  the  term  of  repulsion  be  not 
expired. 

Sec  VI.  When  an  accused  bishop  shall  be  convicted,  the 
same  tribunal  that  has  convicted  him,  shall  further  determine 
the  punishment  due  to  the  offender,  considering  the  character 
and  circumstances  of  the  offence,  whether  admonition  by  the 
said  judges,  suspension  from  the  ministry,  and  for  what 
period,  or  under  what  conditions,  or  degradation  from  the 
ministry.     And  this  decision  shall  be  final. 

Sec.  VII.  If  an  accused  bishop,  on  his  appearance  before 
the  bishops,  according  to  the  second  section  of  the  third  canon, 
or  in  writing,  and  under  his  signature,  confess  that  he  is 
guilty  of  the  offence  charged  in  the  presentment  made  by 
the  Convention  of  his  diocese,  the  two  or  more  bishops  to 
whom  the  case  is  first  referred,  shall  determine  the  punish- 
ment due,  whether  admonition  by  the  said  bishops,  suspension 
from  the  ministry  and  for  what  period,  or  under  what  condi- 
tions, or  degradation  from  the  ministry  ;  and  this,  their  deci- 
sion, shall  be  final. 

Sec  VIII.  In  every  case  of  degradation  from  the  ministry, 
the  bishop  who  pronounces  sentence  shall,  without  delay, 
cause  the  sentence  of  degradation  to  be  published  from  every 
pulpit  in  this  diocese,  where  there  may  be  an  officiating 
minister ;  and  he  shall  also  give  information  of  the  sentence 
to  all  the  bishops  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the 
United  States,  and  to  the  standing  committees  of  those  dioceses 
in  which  there  is  no  bishop. 


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CANON  VII. 

Of  misbehaviour  of  Clergymen  residing  in  another  State. 

If  a  clergyman  resident  in  another  state  shall  come  tempo- 
rarily into  this,  under  the  imputation  of  having  elsewhere 
been  guilty  of  any  crime  or  misdemeanor,  by  violation  of  the 
canons,  or  otherwise,  or  if  any  clergyman  while  sojourning 
here  shall  misbehave  in  any  of  these  respects,  the  bishop,  upon 
probable  cause,  may  admonish  such  clergyman,  and  forbid 
him  to  officiate  in  this  diocese.  And  if,  after  such  prohibi- 
tion, the  said  clergyman  so  officiate,  the  bishop  shall  give 
notice  to  all  the  congregations  that  the  officiating  of  the  said 
clergyman  is,  under  any  and  all  circumstances,  prohibited ; 
and  like  notice  shall  he  give  to  the  bishop,  or  if  there  be  no 
bishop,  to  the  standing  committee  of  the  diocese,  to  which 
the  said  clergyman  belongs.  And  such  prohibition  shall  con- 
tinue in  force  until  the  bishop  of  this  diocese  be  satisfied  of 
the  innocence  of  the  said  clergyman,  or  until  he  be  acquitted 
on  trial,  and  notice  thereof  be  given  by  the  bishop. 

CANON  VIII. 

Of  the  evidence  of  the  clerical  residence  of  Clergymen  removing   into  this 
diocese  necessary  to  entitle  them  to  seats  in  the  Convention. 

Sec.  I.  To  qualify  a  clergyman  coming  from  another  state, 
district  or  diocese,  for  a  seat  in  the  Convention,  it  shall  be 
necessary  first  to  obtain  from  the  bishop  a  written  testimonial 
of  his  being  received  as  a  clergyman  of  this  diocese.  And  to 
entitle  him  to  such  testimonial,  he  shall  produce  from  the 
bishop  or  bishops,  or  if  there  be  no  bishop,  from  a  majority 
of  the  clerical  members  of  the  standing  committee  or  commit- 
tees of  the  diocese  or  dioceses  wherein  he  has  resided  during 
the  last  preceding  three  years,  which  committee  or  commit- 
tees shall  in  all  cases  be  duly  convened,  satisfactory  written 
testimonials,  signed  by  the  said  bishop  or  bishops,  or  by  the 
majority  of  the  clerical  members  of  said  standing  committee 


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or  committees,  that  he  has  not  been  justly  liable  to  evil  re- 
port for  error  in  religion  or  viciousness  of  life,  during  the 
three  years  last  past ;  or  if  he  come  to  this  diocese  from  any 
state  or  district  which  has  not  acceded  to  the  general  consti- 
tution, the  said  testimonials  shall  be  signed  by  three  clergy- 
men of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church  in  the  United  States; 
and  if  he  be  a  deacon,  the  said  testimonials  shall  be  addressed 
to  the  bishop  of  this  diocese ;  or  if  there  be  no  bishop,  to  the 
standing  committee  thereof.     And  the  bishop  shall  moreover 
be  satisfied  that  such  clergyman  has  been  called  to  settle  in 
some  parish  in  this  diocese,  and  that  he  has  come  hither  with 
that  purpose  and  expectation ;  or  that  he  is  engaged  as  a  pro- 
fessor, tutor,  or  instructor  of  youth  in  some  college,  academy, 
or  other  incorporated  seminary  of  learning,  or  as  a  missionary, 
under  the  ecclesiastical  authority  of  this  diocese  ;  or  that  he 
has  been  stationed  within  this  diocese  as  a  chaplain  in  the 
army  or  navy  of  the  United  States :  and  in  such  cases  the 
bishop  shall  give  the  testimonial  required.   Provided  always, 
that  whenever  the  bishop  shall  deem  it  expedient,  he  may 
further  inquire   of  the   bishop,  or   if  there   be  no   bishop, 
of  the  standing  committee  of  any  diocese  in  which  the  said 
clergyman   has   previously  resided,  concerning  his  orderly 
compliance   with   the   institutions   and  government   of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church ;  and  if  the  answer  to  the  said 
inquiry  shall   specify   acts   contrary  thereto,  done  by  said 
clergyman,  the  bishop  may  withhold  the    said  testimonial 
until  he  is  satisfied  of  the  good  intentions  in  the  premises,  of 
the  said  clergyman  for  the  future. 

Sec.  II.  This  testimonial  shall  be  the  evidence  of  the  com- 
mencement of  the  canonical  residence  and  right  to  a  seat  in 
the  Convention,  required  by  the  constitution,  as  regards 
clergymen  hereafter  coming  into  this  diocese. 


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CANON  IX. 

Of  the  Standing  Committee. 

Sec  I.  At  every  stated  Convention,  a  standing  committee 
to  consist  of  five  of  the  clergy  and  five  of  the  laity,  shall  be 
chosen  by  ballot,  by  the  concurrent  vote  of  the  members  of 
each  order.  And  vacancies  occurring  by  death,  or  otherwise, 
in  said  committee,  shall  be  supplied  by  the  concurrent  vote 
of  the  remaining  clerical  members  and  lay  members  of  the 
committee. 

Sec  II.  This  committee  shall  have  in  special  charge,  the 
care  and  investment  of  the  Convention  fund,  and  also  of  the 
fund  for  the  support  of  the  episcopate,  whether  arising  from 
the  legacy  of  the  late  Andrew  Doz,  Esq.,  or  otherwise  given 
in  charge  or  trust  to  the  Convention. 

Sec.  III.  In  case  of  a  vacancy  in  the  episcopate,  the  powers 
and  duties  to  be  performed  by  the  bishop,  as  regards  disci- 
pline, except  the  pronouncing  sentence  of  deposition  or  degra- 
dation from  the  ministry,  shall  belong  to  and  be  performed  by 
the  standing  committee.  In  case  of  such  vacancy,  the  stand- 
ing committee  shall  also  have  power  to  act  in  the  granting  of 
testimonials  to  clergymen  removing  into  this  diocese  agreeably 
to  the  canons. 

Sec  IV.  In  the  case  of  the  absence  of  the  bishop  of  this 
diocese  in  foreign  parts,  expected  to  continue  for  six  months 
or  more,  the  bishop,  before  his  departure,  shall,  with  the  con- 
sent of  the  standing  committee,  request  the  bishop  of  some 
neighbouring  diocese,  or  some  other  bishop  or  bishops,  to 
perform  the  episcopal  acts  and  duties  pertaining  to  this  dio- 
cese, during  his  absence  ;  or  if  the  bishop  neglect  or  refuse  to 
do  so,  the  standing  committee  may  do  the  same,  at  any  time 
after  his  departure  from  the  United  States.  All  other  acts 
and  duties  of  the  bishop,  being  such  as  may  be  performed  by 
the  standing  committee  in  case  of  a  vacancy  in  the  episcopate, 
shall  be  equally  performed  by  them  during  any  absence  of 
the  bishop,  as  aforesaid.     And  the  Convention,  during  said 


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absence  of  the  bishop,  shall,  at  each  meeting  thereof,  elect 
its  president. 

Sec.  V.  The  record  of  all  the  proceedings  on  a  present- 
ment of  a  clergyman  or  layman  shall  be  preserved  by  the 
standing  committee  ;  and  for  that  purpose  shall,  after  a  final 
decision,  be  delivered  to  their  secretary. 

Sec  VI.  The  standing  committee  shall,  before  the  meeting 
of  each  annual  Convention,  prepare  a  report  to  be  submitted 
thereto,  of  every  church,  a  member  of  this  Covention,  which, 
for  three  years,  has  made  no  parochial  report  to  the  same,  no 
missionary  report  being  made  in  its  behalf,  and  which  during 
the  same  period,  has  neither  employed  a  clergyman  as  its 
parish  minister,  nor  requested  of  the  bishop  to  have  the  ser- 
vices of  a  missionary.* 

CANON  X. 

Of  the  celebration  of  Marriage. 

No  minister  of  this  church  shall  celebrate  any  marriage, 
without  being  satisfied  that  it  is  not  forbidden  by  the  law  of 
God,  or  of* the  commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania,  or  by  the 
canons  of  the  church.  And  if  both  or  either  of  the  parties  be 
minors,  it  shall  be  also  necessary  that  the  consent  of  the 
parents,  guardians,  master  or  mistress,  (as  the  case  may  re- 
quire) be  first  obtained,  unless  they  live  out  of  the  United 
States,  and  that  fact  be  known  or  proved  to  the  minister  ;  and 
that  such  consent  be  certified  to  him  by  some  credible  person 
or  persons  acquainted  with  them  and  the  minor,  or  be  other- 
wise sufficiently  proved  or  known  to  him.  Whereupon  the 
minister,  not  knowing  or  having  reason  to  believe  that  there 
is  any  lawful  impediment,  may,  and  if  either  of  the  parties  be 
of  his  congregation,  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  join  them  in  mar- 
riage. The  certificate  aforesaid  shall  be  in  writing,  if  he 
requires  it. 

*  Added  in  1837. — See  Journal,  p.  34. 
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CANON  XI. 

Of  Parochial  Instruction. 

Sec.  I.  On  notice  being  received  by  a  minister  or  mission- 
ary from  the  bishop  of  his  intention  to  visit  the  parish  or 
parishes  of  said  minister  or  missionary,  it  shall  be  his  duty  to 
give  notice  thereof  to  his  congregation  or  congregations,  on 
their  first  meeting  thereafter  for  public  worship  ;  and  also, 
immediate  notice  thereof  to  the  members  individually,  as 
opportunity  may  offer.  He  shall  also  on  said  occasion  of 
public  worship,  invite  the  children  of  due  age,  and  others  not 
confirmed,  to  advise  with  him  concerning  their  coming  to 
that  holy  ordinance  :  and  he  shall  diligently  and  faithfully  pre- 
pare them  for  the  same.  And  he  shall  be  ready  to  present 
for  confirmation  those  who  shall  have  been  previously  in- 
structed and  prepared  ;  and  shall  deliver  to  the  bishop  a  list 
of  the  names  of  those  presented. 

Sec  II.  Every  minister  of  a  parish  shall  encourage  the 
formation  of  Sunday  schools,  and  the  efficient  prosecution  of 
instruction  in  them,  in  conformity  with  the  principles  of 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church.  And  he  shall  report  the 
number  of  scholars  and  teachers  in  his  annual  parochial 
report. 

CANON  XII. 

Of  Registers  of  Baptisms,  Marriages  and  Deaths,  and  of  Parochial  Reports. 

Sec.  I.  Each  clergyman  shall  keep  an  account  of  all  the 
baptisms,  marriages  and  funerals  solemnized  by  him  in  the 
discharge  of  his  ministry,  specifying  the  name  and  date  of  the 
birth  of  the  child  baptized,  with  the  names  of  the  parents  and 
sponsors,  the  name  of  the  adult  baptized,  the  names  of  the 
parties  married,  and  the  name  of  the  person  buried  ;  and  also, 
the  time  when  each  rite  was  performed. 

Sec-  II.  These  entries  shall  by  the  minister,  or,  if  so 
ordered  by  the  vestry,  by  the  clerk  or  sexton  of  the  church, 
be  recoi'ded  in  a  suitable  book,  to  be  provided  by  the  vestry. 


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which  shall  be  the  church  register,  and  shall  belong  to,  and 
remain  with  the  vestry,  as  a  part  of  the  church  records.  And 
the  minister  of  each  parish  shall  also  keep  a  list  of  all  the 
communicants  within  his  cure,  as  nearly  as  they  can  be  as- 
certained ;  and,  also,  a  list  of  the  persons  confirmed  from 
time  to  time  by  the  bishop. 

Sec.  III.  Every  minister  of  a  parish,  or  parishes  in  this 
diocese,  shall  present  or  forward,  at  every  annual  Convention, 
to  the  bishop,  or  if  there  be  no  bishop,  to  the  president  of  the 
Convention,  a  statement  of  the  number  of  baptisms,  marriages, 
funerals,  and  persons  confirmed,  in  his  parish  or  parishes 
severally  since  the  last  like  report ;  and  also,  of  the  number 
of  the  communicants,  distinguishing  the  additions,  removals, 
and  deaths  since  the  last  report ;  also  he  shall  add  a  statement 
of  all  other  matters  of  fact,  that  may  throw  light  on  the  state 
of  his  parish  or  parishes. 

Sec  IV.  These  parochial  reports  shall  be  read  in  the 
Convention  ;  and  all  the  specifications  of  baptisms,  marriages, 
funerals,  persons  confirmed,  and  communicants,  and  the  state- 
ments of  other  matters  of  fact  contained  in  them,  shall  be 
entered  on  the  journal  of  the  Convention. 

CANON  XIII. 

Of  the  evidence  of  appointment  of  the  Lay  Deputies  to  the  Convention. 

The  appointment  of  lay  deputies  to  the  Convention  of  this 
diocese  shall  be  certified  in  writing  by  a  warden,  or  two  ves- 
trymen, of  the  proper  church  ;  and  the  certificate  shall  state, 
that  the  deputy  or  each  deputy  named  in  it,  if  the  certificate 
be  for  more  than  one,  is,  and  has  also  been  for  not  less  than  six 
months  before  the  time  of  his  election,  a  worshipper  in  the 
church  or  parish  he  is  deputed  to  represent.  And  no  other 
certificate  or  evidence  of  the  appointment  of  any  lay  deputy 
or  deputies  to  the  Convention  of  this  diocese  shall  be  allowed 
or  received.  A  copy  of  this  canon  shall  be  annually  sent,  by 
the  secretary  of  the  Convention,  to  every  church  in  this 
diocese,  with  the  notice  of  the  meeting  of  the  Convention. 


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CANON  XIV. 

A  list  to  be  made  of  the  Mi?iisters  in  this  Diocese. 

Sec.  I.  Within  one  week  before  the  meeting  of  every  Con- 
vention of  this  diocese,  the  bishop  shall  prepare,  or  cause  to 
be  prepared,  a  list  of  all  the  ministers  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Church, canonically  resident  in  this  diocese,  annexing  the 
names  of  their  respective  cures,  or  parishes,  or  of  their  sta- 
tions as  missionaries,  or  of  the  colleges,  academies,  or  other 
seminaries  of  learning,  incorporated,  in  which  they  are  en- 
gaged, or  in  regard  to  those  who  are  not  engaged  in  parishes, 
missions,  or  institutions  of  learning,  as  above,  their  places  of 
residence  only.  And  such  list,  corrected  as  hereinafter  men- 
tioned, shall  be  laid  before  the  Convention  on  the  first  day  of 
meeting,  and  be  appended  to  the  journal,  and  shall  be  trans- 
mitted to  the  secretary  of  every  General  Convention. 

Sec  II.  The  list  of  the  clergy  of  this  diocese,  so  prepared 
by  the  bishop,  and  by  him  amended,  according  to  the  changes 
that  may  occur,  whether  by  death,  ordination,  discipline,  or 
canonical  removals  from,  or  admissions  into  this  diocese,  shall 
be  evidence  of  a  clergyman's  having  a  cure,  or  mission,  or 
engagement  in  some  seminary  of  general  learning.  And  no 
clergyman,  while  suspended  from  the  ministry,  shall  have  a 
place  on  said  list. 

Sec  III.  The  right  of  any  clergyman  of  this  diocese  to  a 
seat  in  the  Convention  shall,  if  disputed,  be  determined,  ac- 
cording to  the  provisions  of  the  constitution  and  canons,  by 
the  Convention  itself ;  whether  his  name  be  inserted  in  the 
list  aforesaid,  or  omitted. 

Sec  IV.  The  bishop  shall  take  such  measures  for  notifying 
the  admission  of  ministers  into  this  diocese,  as  may  prevent 
unwary  and  ignorant  people  from  being  imposed  on  by  per- 
sons pretending  to  be  authorized  ministers  of  this  church. 
And  his  certificate  shall  be  the  evidence  of  such  admission. 

Sec  V.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  clergy  to  attend  regu- 
larly at  the  meeting  of  every  Convention.     At  the  opening  of 


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the  Convention,  their  names  shall  be  called  over,  and  absentees 
noted,  and  at  the  ensuing  Convention,  these  shall  be  required 
to  give  excuses  for  their  absence  ;  or  if  they  continue  absent, 
they  shall  send  their  excuses  in  writing  :  and  if  the  excuse  be 
deemed  insufficient,  or  be  entirely  omitted,  either  shall  be  a 
good  cause  for  presentment. 

CANON  XV. 

Of  the  admission   of  a  Church  or  Congregation  into  union  with   the  Pro- 
testant Fpiscopal  Church  in  this  Diocese. 

Sec.  I.  To  entitle  a  church  or  congregation  to  admission 
into  union  with  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  this  dio- 
cese, it  shall  be  required  that  the  vestry  submit  to  the  Con- 
vention the  original  articles  of  association  ;  or  if  incorporated, 
their  original  charter,  or  a  copy  thereof,  duly  authenticated, 
according  to  law  :  and  that  it  shall  appear  therein,  that  such 
church  or  congregation  accedes  to  the  constitution,  canons, 
doctrines,  discipline,  and  worship  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  in  the  United  States,  and  to  the  constitution  and  ca- 
nons of  this  diocese  :  and  it  shall  appear  further,  that  the  said 
act  of  association,  or  charter,  has  been  submitted  to  the 
bishop  and  standing  committee,  and  by  them  respectively 
approved  ;  or  if  the  approbation  of  either  the  bishop  or  stand- 
ing committee,  or  both,  is  withheld,  he  or  they  shall  report  to 
the  Convention,  with  the  articles  of  association,  or  charter, 
the  reasons  of  his  or  their  disapprobation. 

Sec  II.  The  Convention  shall  refer  the  whole  matter  and 
documents  of  cases  of  this  kind,  to  a  committee  of  three  cleri- 
cal and  three  lay  members  of  the  same,  to  be  appointed  as 
soon  after  the  organizing  of  the  Convention  as  conveniently 
may  be,  who  shall  make  report  thereon  to  the  Convention  for 
its  final  determination.  Provided  always,  that  the  Conven- 
tion shall  not  admit  into  union  with  this  diocese,  any  church 
or  congregation  which  does  not  expressly  accede  to  the  con- 
stitution, canons,  doctrines,  discipline  and  worship  of  the  Pro- 
testant Episcopal  Church  in  the  United  States,  and  to  the 


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constitution  and  canons  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in 
this  diocese. 

CANON  XVI. 

Of  supplying  Vacant  Congregations. 

Sec.  I.  At  every  Stated  Convention,  a  committee  of  three 
clerical  and  three  lay  members  shall  be  appointed  by  ballot, 
who,  in  concurrence  with  the  bishop,  or,  in  case  of  a  vacancy, 
of  the  president  of  the  standing  committee,  shall  take  order 
for  supplying  vacant  congregations  with  occasional  services ; 
it  being  expected  that  the  congregation  so  supplied  will  de- 
fray the  expenses  incident  to  such  services.  And  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  clergy,  whether  with  or  without  parochial 
cures,  having  in  the  former  case  the  consent  of  their  proper 
vestries,  to  comply  with  the  requisitions  of  the  said  committee 
in  this  behalf.  And  the  committee  shall  report  to  every 
Stated  Convention  an  account  of  their  proceedings. 

Sec.  II.  When  a  parish  becomes  vacant,  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  vestry  to  give  notice  thereof  to  the  bishop,  or  if 
there  is  no  bishop,  to  the  president  of  the  standing  committee, 

forthwith. 

• 

CANON  XVII. 

Of  preparing  a  report  of  the  state  of  the  Church  in  this  Diocese. 

A  committee  of  the  Convention  shall  be  appointed  at  the 
stated  meeting  of  the  same,  next  before  every  stated  meet- 
ing of  the  General  Convention,  to  draught,  with  the  advice 
and  approbation  of  the  bishop,  a  report  of  the  state  of  the 
church  in  this  diocese,  to  be  presented  to  the  General  Con- 
vention. 

CANON  XVIII. 

Of  Deputies  to  the  General  Convention. 

Sec  I.  Deputies  to  the  General  Convention  shall  be  chosen 
by  the  concurrent  ballot  of  the  clergy  and  lay  votes,  at  every 


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Stated  Convention  of  this  diocese  ;  and  their  appointment  shall 
continue  until  the  next  Stated  Convention,  and  until  others 
are  chosen  in  their  places. 

Sec.  II.  Should  a  vacancy  occur  by  death,  or  otherwise, 
in  the  deputation  to  the  General  Convention,  it  shall  be  sup- 
plied by  the  concurrent  vote  of  the  remaining  clerical  and  lay 
deputies. 

*  Sec  III.  Deputies  to  the  General  Convention  may  pre- 
sent an  account  of  their  expenses  in  their  travel  and  attend- 
ance to  the  standing  committee,  who  shall  make  a  reasonable 
allowance  for  the  same,  to  be  paid  out  of  the  Convention 
Fund. 

CANON  XIX. 

All  former  canons  passed  by  the  Convention  of  the  Church 
in  this  diocese,  are  hereby  repealed. 


REVISED  REGULATIONS, 

Adopted  in  1829. 
I. 

Of  the  opening  of  the  Convention,  §'c. 

1.  No  business  shall  be  transacted  on  the  day  appointed  for 
the  meeting  of  the  Convention,  except  what  appertains  to  its 
being  duly  organized. 

2.  On  the  following  day  it  shall  proceed  in  the  despatch 
of  business,  when  there  shall  be  divine  service,  the  admin- 
istration of  the  holy  communion,  and  a  sermon  by  one  of 
the  presbyters,  to  be  appointed  to  this  office  by  the  bishop, 
which  shall  give  place  when  the  bishop  delivers  a  sermon,  or 
charge. 

*  See  Journal  of  1830,  p.  45. 


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3.  A  sermon  preached  at  the  opening  of  the  Convention 
shall  be  at  its  entire  disposal,  to  be  published  by  its  order,  but 
not  otherwise.  Episcopal  charges  delivered  before  the  Con- 
vention, shall  be  published  by  the  same,  without  any  motion 
in  relation  thereto. 

4.  The  following  shall  be  the  rules  of  order  in  the  proceed- 
ings, viz. 

1..  The  business  of  every  day  shall  be  introduced  with  a 
form  of  prayer  prescribed  by  the  bishop. 

2.  When  the  president  takes  the  chair,  no  member  shall 
continue  standing,  or  shall  afterwards  stand  up,  unless  to  ad- 
dress the  chair. 

3.  No  member  shall  absent  himself  from  the  service  of  the 
house,  unless  he  have  leave,  or  be  unable  to  attend. 

4.  When  any  member  is  about  to  speak  in  debate,  or  de- 
liver any  matter  to  the  house,  he  shall  rise  from  his  seat, 
and,  without  advancing,  shall,  with  due  respect,  address  him- 
self to  the  president,  confining  himself  strictly  to  the  point  in 
debate. 

5.  No  member  shall  speak  more  than  twice  in  the  same 
debate,  without  leave  of  the  house. 

6.  A  question  being  once  determined,  shall  stand  as  the 
judgment  of  the  house,  and  shall  not  be  again  drawn  into  de- 
bate, during  the  same  session,  unless  with  the  consent  of  two- 
thirds  of  the  house. 

7.  While  the  president  is  putting  any  question,  no  one  shall 
hold  private  discourse,  stand  up,  walk  into,  out  of,  or  across 
the  house,  or  read  any  book. 

S.  Every  member  who  shall  be  in  the  house  when  any 
question  is  put,  shall,  on  a  division,  be  counted,  unless  he  be 
particularly  interested  in  the  decision. 

9.  No  motion  shall  be  considered  as  before  the  house,  un- 
less it  be  seconded,  and  reduced  to  writing  when  required. 

10.  When  any  question  is  before  the  house,  it  shall  be  de- 
termined on  before  anything  new  is  introduced,  except  the 
question  for  adjournment. 


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11.  The  question  on  a  motion  for  adjournment  shall  be 
taken  before  any  other,  and  without  debate. 

12.  When  the  house  is  to  rise,  every  member  shall  keep 
his  seat  until  the  president  leave  the  chair. 

II. 

Of  the  Secretary  of  the  Convention. 

1.  A  Secretary  shall  be  chosen  at  every  Annual  Convention, 
by  ballot,  after  viva  voce  nominations.  If  but  one  person  is 
nominated,  the  balloting  shall  be  dispensed  with.  The  Secre- 
tary shall  continue  in  office  until  the  meeting  of  the  next 
Convention,  and  until  his  successor  is  chosen.  He  shall  attend 
at  the  time  and  place  appointed  for  the  meeting  of  the  Con- 
vention, shall  receive  the  testimonials  of  those  who  shall  there 
attend  as  lay  deputies,  and  shall  record  the  names  of  those 
who  present  testimonials  in  the  form  prescribed  by  the  canon. 
The  insertion  by  the  secretary,  in  the  list  so  made  by  him, 
of  the  name  of  any  person  who  has  presented  a  testimonial 
of  his  appointment  as  a  deputy,  shall  be  prima  facie  evi- 
dence of  the  right  of  such  a  person  to  a  seat ;  but  as  soon  as 
the  house  is  duly  organized,  a  committee  on  elections  shall 
be  appointed,  to  whom  the  testimonials  of  lay  deputies  shall 
be  referred.* 

There  shall  also  be  appointed  by  the  Convention,  hi  the 
same  manner,  an  Assistant  Secretary.  If  during  the  recess 
of  the  Convention  a  vacancy  should  occur  in  the  office  of 
secretary,  the  duties  thereof  shall  devolve  upon  the  assistant 
secretary,  if  there  be  one;  if  not,  or  if  the  assistant  secretary 
shall  die  or  resign,  a  secretary  shall  be  appointed  by  the 
standing  committee.* 

2.  He  shall  give  not  less  than  one  month's  written  notice 
of  the  time  (the  day  and  hour)  appointed  for  the  meeting  of 
the  Convention,  to  every  clergyman  within  the  diocese,  enti- 
tled to  a  seat,  according  to  a  list,  to  be  furnished  by  the  bishop ; 
and,  as  far  as  is  practicable,  he  shall  give  a  similar  notice  to 

•  See  Journal  of  1844,  p.  34. 
21 


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the  churchwardens  and  vestrymen  of  every  vacant  congre- 
gation. And  such  notice  shall  be  accompanied  with  a  form 
of  the  certificate  of  the  appointment  of  lay  deputies. 

3.  On  the  printing  of  any  pastoral  letter  of  the  house  of 
bishops,  he  shall  transmit  the  same  to  the  clergy  and  to  va- 
cant churches,  to  be  read  to  the  congregations  on  some  occa- 
sion of  public  worship,  and  also  for  general  perusal  by  the 
members  of  the  church,  under  such  reasonable  regulations  as 
expediency  may  require. 

4.  He  shall  trasmit  annually  to  each  of  the  bishops,  and  to 
the  secretary  of  every  Diocesan  Convention,  a  copy  of  the 
journal. 

5.  He  shall  also  transmit  to  every  General  Convention  a 
certificate,  to  be  signed  by  himself,  or  by  the  president  of  the 
Convention  of  this  diocese,  containing  a  list  of  the  clergymen 
in  this  diocese,  and  the  amount  of  funds  paid  or  secured  to  be 
paid,  (distinguishing  them)  to  the  General  Theological  Semi- 
nary, together  with  the  nomination  of  trustees  of  that  semi- 
nary :  and  also,  a  like  certificate  of  the  appointment  of  cleri- 
cal and  lay  deputies. 

6.  Besides  the  duties  before  specified,  he  shall  perform  all 
others  usually  appertaining  to  the  office  of  secretary,  or  en- 
joined on  him  by  the  Convention. 

III. 

Of  the  Treasurer  of  the  Convention,  and  of  a  Treasurer  of  the  Fund  for 
the  support  of  the  Episcopate. 

1.  At  every  Stated  Convention  there  shall  be  chosen  by 
ballot  a  Treasurer  of  the  Convention,  and  a  Treasurer  of  the 
fund  for  the  support  of  the  Episcopate,  who  shall  respectively 
remain  in  office  until  the  next  Stated  Convention,  and  until 
successors  are  appointed.  Their  accounts  shall  be  closed  on 
the  Tuesday  preceding  the  day  appointed  for  its  meeting, 
and  submitted  to  the  standing  committee,  who  shall  examine 
and  report  thereon  to  the  Convention. 

2.  In  case  of  vacancy  in  either  of  these  offices,  or  that  of 
Secretary,  it  shall  be  supplied  by  the  standing  committee. 


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3.  The  treasurer  of  the  Convention  shall  forward  to  the 
secretary  of  the  house  of  clerical  and  lay  deputies  of  the 
General  Convention,  at  every  meeting  thereof,  seventy-five 
cents  for  each  clergyman  of  this  diocese,  towards  the  neces- 
sary expenses  of  said  Convention. 

IV.* 

Of  the  contributions  for  defraying  the  expenses  incurred  or  authorized  by 
the  Convention.    , 

It  is  enjoined  on  every  settled  clergyman  within  the  diocese, 
to  have  a  collection  made  in  his  church  in  each  year,  in  aid 
of  the  Convention  Fund :  at  which  time  a  statement  shall  be 
made,  explaining  the  objects  to  which  the  fund  is  applied. 
The  names  of  the  clergy  shall  be  called  over  at  each  Conven- 
tion, for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  whether  such  collections 
have  been  made  in  their  respective  churches — and  mileage 
shall  not  be  allowed  to  any  clergyman  attending  the  Conven- 
tion, unless  a  collection  for  the  said  purpose  has  been  made 
in  his  church  since  the  preceding  Convention. 

The  money  so  collected  shall  be  applied  to  the  payment  of 
expenses  incurred  or  authorized  by  the  Convention. 

The  fourth  revised  regulation  adopted  in  1829,  entitled  "of 
the  contributions  for  defraying  the  expenses  incurred  or 
authorized  by  the  Convention,"  is  rescinded. 

V. 

Recommending  the  Incorporation  of  Churches. 

1.  It  is  recommended  that  all  the  churches  in  this  diocese 
should  be  incorporated,  according  to  law,  and  that  in  all  cases 
where  charters  have  not  been  obtained,  applications  be  made 
to  the  judges  of  the  supreme  court. 

2.  In  order  that  such  charters  may  conform  to  the  es- 
sential principles  of  the  church,  as  regards  doctrine,  disci- 
pline, and  worship,  it  is  further  recommended  that  they  shall, 

*  See  the  Journal  of  1835,  p.  29. 


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before  application  to  the  judges,  be  laid  before  the  bishop 
and  standing  committee  for  their  examination  and  approba- 
tion ;  and  in  order  to  obtain  as  much  uniformity  in  this  behalf 
as  local  circumstances  will  admit,  the  following  form  of  char- 
ter is  recommended.* 

VI. 

Of  the  fund  for  the  support  of  the  Episcopate. 

1.  It  is  recommended  to  every  settled  clergyman,  once  in 
every  year,  to  preach  a  sermon  on  the  episcopal  office,  or  on 
the  apostolic  succession,  or  on  such  other  subject  as  to  him 
shall  seem  best  adapted  to  recommend  this  fund  to  support 
and  patronage. 

2.  On  every  such  occasion  a  contribution  shall  be  re- 
ceived, for  the  sole  and  express  purpose  of  making  provision 
for  the  support  of  the  episcopate. 

3.  The  money  so  collected  shall  be  forwarded  to  the  trea- 
surer of  the  fund,  who  shall  keep  an  account  of  all  monies  re- 
ceived, and  report  at  every  Stated  Convention. 

4.t 

5.  The  income  of  the  said  fund  shall  be  exclusively  appro- 
priated for  the  use  of  the  bishop  who  shall  have  the  city  of 
Philadelphia  within  his  diocese. 

VII. 

Of  Vacant  Churches. 
It  is  earnestly  recommended,  that  in  every  instance  where 
a  church  is  unprovided  with  a  pastor,  a  standing  subscription 
shall  be  prepared,  which,  with  the  pew-rents,  after  defraying 
necessary  repairs,  shall  be  set  apart  as  a  fund  for  the  support 
of  a  pastor,  when  duly  elected  and  settled  ;  and  the  profits  and 
rents  of  glebes,  so  far  as  is  consistent  with  the  will  of  the  do- 
nors, shall  be  applied  in  like  manner,  the  capital  and  a  ecu- 

*  For  this  form  of  charter,  see  appendix,  p.  168. 

f  This  section  was  repealed  in  1833.     See  Journal,  p.  20. 


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mulating  interest  to  be  invested  from  time  to  time  in  public 
or  good  land  securities. 

VIII. 

Of  the  African  Church  of  St.  Thomas. 

It  is  hereby  declared  that  the  African  church  of  St.  Thomas 
is  not  entitled  to  send  a  clergyman  or  deputies  to  the  Conven- 
tion, or  to  interfere  with  the  general  government  of  the  church, 
this  condition  being  made  in  consideration  of  the  peculiar  cir- 
cumstances of  such  church,  at  present. — Journal,  June,  1795. 

No  church  in  this  diocese,  in  like  peculiar  circumstances 
with  the  African  Church  of  St.  Thomas,  shall  be  entitled  to 
send  a  clergyman  or  deputies  to  the  Convention,  or  to  inter- 
fere with  the  general  government  of  the  church. — Journal, 
1843,  p.  33. 


RESOLUTIONS. 
I. 

Of  the  Society  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  for  the  Advancement  of 
Christianity  in  Pennsylvania.      Established  A.  D.  1812. 

The  constitution  of  the  Society  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  for  the  Advancement  of  Christianity  in  Pennsylvania 
having  been  read,  it  was  unanimously  resolved,  that  this  Con- 
vention have  received  with  much  pleasure,  information  of  the 
establishment  of  said  society,  that  they  give  their  unqualified 
approbation  to  so  laudable  an  institution,  and  promise  to  co- 
operate with  them  in  promoting  their  pious  and  benevolent 
designs. — Journal,  May,  1812. 

II. 

Of  the  Domestic  and  Foreign  Missionary  Society  of  the  Protestant  Episco- 
pal Church  in  the  United  Stales. — Established  A.  I).  1820. 

This  Convention  heartily  approves  the  pious  design  of  the 
General  Convention  in  the  formation  of  said  Society  for  mis- 


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sionary  purposes,  and  hereby  recommends  to  all  the  churches 
in  this  diocese,  to  further,  by  their  contributions  and  their 
prayers,  an  object  so  immediately  connected  with  the  pros- 
perity of  the  Episcopal  Church  in  this  country,  and  the  en- 
largement of  the  Redeemer's  kingdom  abroad. — Journal. 
May,  1822. 

III. 

Of  the  General  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church 
in  the  United  States. — Established  A.  D.  1817. 
This  Convention  concurring  with  their  venerable  bishop  in 
the  interest  which  he  has  expressed  upon  the  subject  of  the 
General  Theological  Seminary,  do  heartily  recommend  that 
institution  to  the  zealous  support  and  fostering  care  of  Epis- 
copalians throughout  this  diocese,  as  being  an  important  mean? 
under  Divine  Providence,  of  supplying  a  learned  and  efficient 
ministry  for  the  promulgation  of  the  doctrines  and  the  preser- 
vation of  the  worship  and  discipline  of  the  Protestant  Episco- 
pal Church. — Journal,  May,  1824. 

IV. 

Of  the  Corporation  for  the  relief  of  the  Widows  and  Children  of  Clergymen 
in  the  Communion  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  Common- 
ivealth  of  Pennsylvania. 

It  is  recommended  to  the  vestries  of  churches  throughout 
the  state,  to  consider  the  expediency  of  making  provision  for 
securing  to  the  families  of  their  respective  ministers  the  bene- 
fit of  the  funds  in  the  hands  of  "The  corporation  for  the  re- 
lief," &c.  &c.  by  paying  in  their  behalf  the  annual  contribu- 
tions, required  by  the  constitution  of  that  society. — Journal 
May,  1825. 

V. 

Of  the  General  Protestant  Episcopal  Sunday  School  Union. 

This  Convention  highly  approves  of  the  formation  of  the 
General  Protestant  Episcopal  Sunday  School  Uniont  a  the 


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meeting  of  the  General  Convention  in  1826,  and  heartily  re- 
commends it  to  the  support  and  patronage  of  the  members  of 
the  Church  in  this  diocese. — Journal,  May,  1828. 

VI. 

Of  the  Bishop  White  Prayer  Book  Society. — Established,  February  \8th, 

1834. 

This  Convention  cordially  approves  of  the  formation  of  the 
"  Bishop  White  Prayer  Book  Society,"  and  commends  it  to 
the  favourable  regard  and  the  co-operation  of  the  clergy  and 
members  of  the  church  in  this  diocese  as  an  important  means 
of  promoting  the  prosperity  of  the  older  parishes,  and  of 
greatly  facilitating  the  formation  of  new  congregations. — 
Journal,  May,  1834,  p.  58. 

VII. 

Resolved,  that  previous  to  the  adjournment  of  the  Conven- 
tion sine  die,  the  rough  minutes  shall  always  be  read  and 
passed  upon. — Journal,  May,  1841,  p.  34. 


APPENDIX 


CHARTER*    OF    INCORPORATION    OF,  ETC. 

Whereas,  the  following  named  persons,  citizens  of  this  com- 
monwealth, viz : 

have,  together  with  other  citizens,  associated  for  the  purpose 
of  worshipping  Almighty  God,  according  to  the  faith  and  dis- 
cipline of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of  the  United 
States  of  America  ;  and  have  for  that  purpose  formed  a  con- 
gregation at  in  and 
are  now  desirous  to  be  incoporated  agreeably  to  the  provi- 
sions of  the  Act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  Pennsylvania,  en- 
titled "  An  Act,  to  confer  on  certain  associations  of  the  citi- 
zens of  this  Commonwealth,  the  powers  and  immunities  of 
corporations  or  bodies  politic  in  law."  They  therefore  de- 
clare the  following  to  be  the  objects,  articles,  and  conditions 
of  their  said  association,  agreeably  to  which  they  desire  to  be 
incorporated,  viz : 

First.  The  name  of  the  Corporation  shall  be  "The  Rector, 
Churchwardens,  and  Vestrymen  of 

Second.  This  church  acknowledges  itself  to  be  a  member 
of,  and  to  belong  to,  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the 
State  of  Pennsylvania,  and  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church 
in  the  United  States  of  America.  As  such  it  accedes  to,  re- 
cognizes, and  adopts  the  constitution,  canons,  doctrine,  dis- 
cipline, and  worship  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in 
the  State  of  Pennsylvania,  and  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  in  the  United  States,  and  acknowledges  their  autho- 
rity accordingly. 

Referred  to  in  Regulation  V.,  p.  164. 


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Any  member  of  this  church  or  corporation,  who  shall  dis- 
claim or  refuse  conformity  to  the  said  authority,  shall  cease  to 
be  a  member  of  this  corporation,  and  shall  not  be  elected,  or 
vote  in  the  election  of  vestrymen,  or  exercise  any  office  or 
function  in,  concerning,  or  connected  with,  the  said  church  or 
corporation. 

Third.  The  rents  and  revenues  of  this  corporation  shall 
be,  from  time  to  time,  applied  for  the  maintenance  and  sup- 
port of  the  rector,  ministers,  and  officers  of  the  said  church, 
and  in  the  erection  and  necessary  repairs  of  the  church  and 
church-yard,  and  parsonage  house  and  other  houses  which 
now  do,  or  hereafter  shall  belong  to  the  said  corporation,  and 
to  no  other  use  and  purpose  whatsoever. 

Fourth.  The  said  corporation  shall  not,  by  deed,  fine  or  re- 
covery, or  by  any  other  means,  without  the  assent  of  the  Con- 
vention of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of  the  State  of 
Pennsylvania,  or  of  the  standing  committee  of  the  diocese,  pre- 
viously had  and  obtained,  grant,  alien,  or  otherwise  dis- 
pose of  any  lands,  messuages,  tenements,  or  hereditaments  in 
them  vested,  nor  charge,  nor  encumber  the  same  to  any  per- 
son or  persons  whomsoever. 

Fifth.  The  rector  of  this  church  shall  be  elected  by  the 
churchwardens  and  vestrymen,  in  such  manner  as  the  statutes 
and  by-laws  shall  ordain.  The  vestry  of  the  said  church 
shall  consist  of  persons,  members  of  the  said 

church,  who  shall  continue  in  office  for  one  )^ear,  and  until 
others  be  chosen,  and  the  election  of  such  vestry  shall  be 
made  every  year  on  Easter  Monday,  by  a  majority  of  such 
members  of  the  said  church  as  shall  appear  by  the  vestry 
book's,  to  have  paid  two  successive  years  immediately  pre- 
ceding the  time  of  such  election,  for  a  pew  or  sitting  in  the 
said  church ;  provided  that  until  the  next  Easter  Monday  after 
the  expiration  of  five  years  from  the  date  of  this  charter, 
members  of  the  said  church,  who  shall  in  any  way  have  contri- 
buted to  the  erection  of  the  church,  or  to  the  support  of  the 
rector  or  ministers  thereof,  shall  be  entitled  to  vote  at  the  elec- 

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tion  of  vestrymen.  And  provided,  that  in  case  of  the  failure 
to  elect  vestrymen  on  that  day,  the  corporation  shall  not  on 
that  account  be  dissolved,  but  the  election  shall  be  holden  on 
some  other  day,  in  such  manner  as  the  by-laws  may  prescribe. 

Sixth.  No  person  shall  be  the  rector  or  assistant  minister 
of  this  church,  unless  he  shall  have  had  episcopal  ordination, 
and  unless  he  be  in  full  standing  with  the  Protestant  Episco- 
pal Church  of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania,  and  of  the  United 
States,  and  recognized  as  such  by  the  bishop  of  this  diocese, 
or  in  case  of  a  vacancy  in  the  episcopate,  by  the  standing  com- 
mittee of  the  diocese. 

Seventh.  The  said  vestry  shall  have  full  power  to  choose 
their  own  officers:  and  they  shall  annually,  at  their  first  meet- 
ing after  their  election,  choose  one  of  their  own  number  to  be 
one  churchwarden,  and  the  rector  for  the  time  being  shall 
elect  another  of  the  said  vestrymen  to  be  the  other  church- 
warden of  the  said  church.  Iu  case  of  a  vacancy  in  the  office 
of  rector  at  the  time  of  the  election,  the  other  churchwarden 
shall  also  be  chosen  by  the  vestry,  to  remain  until  the  elec- 
tion of  a  rector,  or  a  new  election  of  the  vestry.  And  during 
such  vacancy,  the  churchwardens  for  the  time  being,  and  ves- 
trymen, shall  have  the  same  powers  and  authorities  relating  to 
the  disposition  of  the  rents  and  revenues  of  the  said  corpora- 
tion, as  are  hereby  vested  in  the  rector,  churchwardens,  and 
vestrymen.  Provided  always,  that  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
said  churchwardens  and  vestrymen,  to  elect  another  rector  to 
supply  the  vacancy  as  soon  as  conveniently  may  be. 

Eighth.  The  following  named 

persons  to  be  the  churchwardens  and  vestrymen,  to  con- 
tinue in  office  until  the  election  on  Easter  Monday  next,  and 
until  others  be  chosen,  viz  : 

The  ninth  article  of  the  Charter  of  1829  was  rescinded  by 
the  following  proceedings  of  the  Convention  of  1833.  (See 
Journal,  p.  55.) 

"  Whereas,  it  is  understood  by  this  Convention  that  the  Su- 
preme Court  of  Pennsylvania  has  refused  to  approve  the  char- 


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ter  of  an  Episcopal  Church  in  this  diocese,  containing  the 
ninth  article  of  the  form  of  charter  recommended  by  the  fifth 
Revised  Regulation. 

"  Resolved,  that  this  Convention  withdraw  their  recommen- 
dation of  the  ninth  article  of  the  form  of  charter,  referred  to 
in  the  fifth  Revised  Regulation,  and  leave  to  each  congrega- 
tion to  adopt,  in  case  the  corporation  is  dissolved,  such  pro- 
vision for  preserving  the  property  for  the  use  of  a  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church,  on  the  same  principles,  as  they  may  deem 
expedient,  and  as  may  be  consistent  with  law." 

And  in  1839,  the  following  resolution  was  adopted  by  the 
Convention.     (See  p.  30  of  Journal  of  1S39.) 

Resolved,  That  it  be  recommended  to  the  different  incor- 
porated churches  in  the  diocese,  to  pass  a  by-law,  providing 
for  the  vesting  of  all  the  estate  of  the  corporation,  in  case  of 
its  dissolution,  in  the  Society  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  for  the  Advancement  of  Christianity  in  Pennsylvania, 
to  be  held  by  it  in  trust  for  the  benefit  of  a  future  congrega- 
tion of  members  of  the  church,  which  may  be  formed  upon 
the  same  principles  in  the  same  neighborhood. 


DIRECTIONS 

For  persons  desirous  to  become  Candidates  for  Holy   Orders,  and  for  those 
desiring  Ordination  as  Deacons  and  Priests. 

The  Secretary  publishes  the  following  directions,  required 
by  the  Canons  of  the  General  Convention  of  1832,  183S,  and 
1841,  to  be  observed  by  those  who  wish  to  become  candi- 
dates for  holy  orders,  and  by  those  who  wish  to  be  ordained 
deacons  and  priests. 


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Directions/or  those  wishing  to  become  Candidates  for  Holy  Orders. 

CANON  V.  (1841.) 

Of  the  Preparatory  Exercises  of  a  Candidate  for  Deacon's  Orders. 
[Former  Canons  on  this  subject  were  the  sixth  of  1795,  and  the  tenth  of  1808.] 

Sec.  I.  There  shall  be  assigned  to  every  candidate  for 
deacon's  orders,  three  different  examinations,  at  such  time 
and  places  as  the  bishop  to  whom  he  applies  for  orders, 
shall  appoint.  The  examination  shall  take  place  in  the 
presence  of  the  bishop  and  two  or  more  presbyters,  on 
the  following  studies  prescribed  by  the  canons,  and  by  the 
course  of  study  established  by  the  House  of  Bishops.  At 
the  first  examination,  on  the  books  of  Scripture :  the 
candidate  being  required  to  give  an  account  of  the  dif- 
ferent books,  and  to  translate  from  the  original  Hebrew  and 
Greek,  and  to  explain  such  passages  as  may  be  proposed  to 
him.  At  the  second  examination — on  the  Evidence  of  Chris- 
tianity, and  Systematic  Divinity.  And  at  the  last  examina- 
tion— on  Church  History,  Ecclesiastical  Polity,  the  Book  of 
Common  Prayer,  and  the  Constitution  and  Canons  of  the 
Church,  and  of  the  diocese  for  which  he  is  to  be  ordained. 
In  the  choice  of  books  on  the  above  subjects,  the  candidate 
is  to  be  guided  by  the  course  of  study  established  by  the 
House  of  Bishops.  At  each  of  the  forementioned  examina- 
tions, he  shall  produce  and  read  a  sermon  or  discourse,  com- 
posed by  himself,  on  some  passage  of  Scripture  previously 
assigned  him,  which,  together  with  two  other  sermons  or 
discourses,  on  some  passage  of  Scripture  selected  by  himself, 
shall  be  submitted  to  the  criticisms  of  the  bishop  and  clergy 
present.  And  before  his  ordination,  he  shall  be  required  to 
perform  such  exercises  in  reading,  in  the  presence  of  the 
bishop  and  clergy,  as  may  enable  them  to  give  him  such  ad- 
vice and  instructions  as  may  aid  him  in  performing  the  ser- 
vice of  the  church,  and  in  delivering  his  sermons  with  pro- 
priety and  devotion. 

Sec  II.  The  bishop  may  appoint  some  of  his  presbyters 
to  conduct  the  above  examinations :  and  a  certificate  from 


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these  presbyters,  that  the  prescribed  examinations  have  been 
held  accordingly,  and  satisfaction  given,  shall  be  required  of 
the  candidate :  Provided  that,  in  this  case,  the  candidate 
shall,  before  his  ordination,  be  examined  by  the  bishop,  and 
two  or  more  presbyters,  on  the  above  named  studies. 

Sec.  III.  In  a  diocese  where  there  is  no  bishop,  the  stand- 
ing committee  shall  act  in  his  place,  in  appointing  the  ex- 
amining presbyters  required  by  this  canon  ;  and  in  this  case 
the  candidate  shall  be  again  examined  by  the  bishop  to  whom 
he  applies  for  orders,  and  two  or  more  presbyters,  on  the 
studies  prescribed  by  the  canons. 

Sec  IV.  A  clergyman  who  presents  a  person  to  the  bishop 
for  orders,  as  specified  in  the  office  of  ordination,  without 
having  good  grounds  to  believe  that  the  requisitions  of  the 
canons  have  been  complied  with,  shall  be  liable  to  ecclesias- 
tical censure. 

Sec  V.  The  14th  Canon  of  1832  is  hereby  repealed. 

CANON  IX.  (1841.) 

Of  Candidates  for   Orders. 

Sec  I.  Every  person  who  desires  to  become  a  candidate 
for  orders  in  this  church,  shall,  in  the  first  instance,  give  no- 
tice of  his  intention  to  the  bishop  of  the  diocese  in  which  he 
intends  to  apply,  or,  if  there  be  no  bishop,  to  the  standing 
committee  ;  in  which  notice  he  shall  declare  whether  he  has 
ever  applied  for  admission  as  a  candidate  in  any  other  dio- 
cese. No  person  who  has  previously  applied  for  admission 
as  a  candidate  in  any  diocese,  and  has  been  refused  admis- 
sion, or,  having  been  admitted,  has  afterwards  ceased  to  be  a 
candidate,  shall  be  admitted  as  a  candidate  in  any  other 
diocese,  until  he  shall  have  produced  from  the  bishop,  or,  if 
there  be  no  bishop,  from  the  standing  committee  of  the  for- 
mer diocese,  a  certificate,  declaring  the  cause  for  which  he 
was  refused  admission,  or  for  which  he  ceased  to  be  a  candi- 
date. 

Sec  II.  No  person  shall  be  considered  as  a  candidate  for 


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orders  in  this  church,  unless  he  shall  have  produced  to  the 
bishop,  to  whom  he  intends  to  apply  for  orders,  a  certificate 
from  the  standing  committee  of  the  diocese  of  the  said 
bishop,  that  from  personal  knowledge,  or  from  testimonials 
laid  before  them,  they  believe  that  he  is  pious,  sober  and 
honest ;  that  he  is  attached  to  the  doctrines,  discipline,  and 
worship  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  and  a  commu- 
nicant of  the  same  ;  and,  in  their  opinion,  possesses  such  quali- 
fications as  will  render  him  apt  and  meet  to  exercise  the  min- 
istry to  the  glory  of  God  and  the  edifying  of  the  church. 
And  when  the  standing  committee  do  not  certify  as  above, 
from  personal  knowledge,  the  testimonials  laid  before  them 
shall  be  of  the  same  purport,  and  as  full  as  the  certificate 
above  required,  and  shall  be  signed  by  at  least  one  presbyter, 
and  four  respectable  laymen  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal- 
Church. 

Sec.  III.  In  addition  to  the  above  testimonials,  the  person 
wishing  to  become  a  candidate  must  lay  before  the  standing 
committee  a  satisfactory  diploma,  or  other  satisfactory  evi- 
dence that  he  is  a  graduate  of  some  university  or  college,  or 
a  certificate  from  two  presbyters  appointed  by  the  bishop,  or, 
where  there  is  no  bishop,  the  clerical  members  of  the  stand- 
ing committee,  to  examine  him,  of  his  having  satisfactorily 
sustained  an  examination  in  Natural  Philosophy,  Moral  Phi- 
losophy, and  Rhetoric,  and  in  the  Greek  Testament,  and  the 
Latin  tongue. 

Sec.  IV.  When  a  person  applying  to  be  admitted  a  candi- 
date, wishes  a  knowledge  of  the  Latin,  Greek,  and  Hebrew 
languages,  and  other  branches  of  learning  not  strictly  ecclesi- 
astical, to  be  dispensed  with,  the  standing  committee  shall 
not  recommend  him  as  a  candidate,  until  he  has  laid  before 
them  a  testimonial,  signed  by  at  least  two  presbyters  of  this 
church,  stating,  that  in  their  opinion,  he  possesses  extraordi- 
nary strength  of  natural  understanding,  a  peculiar  aptitude  to 
teach,  and  a  large  share  of  prudence  ;  and  the  bishop,  with 
the  consent  of  the  standing  committee,  shall  have  granted 


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said  dispensation.  This  dispensation  shall  not  be  granted  to 
any  person  under  twenty-seven  years  of  age,  nor  shall  any 
person  be  ordained  under  such  dispensation,  until  he  shall 
have  attained  thirty  years  of  age.  And  in  regard  to  the 
knowledge  of  the  Hebrew  language  in  all  cases  in  these 
canons,  the  bishop  shall  have  the  sole  direction  of  dispensa- 
tion, without  reference  to  the  age  of  the  candidate,  as  men- 
tioned in  this  section. 

Sec.  V.  With  this  enumeration  of  qualifications  it  ought 
to  be  made  known  to  the  candidate,  that  the  church  expects 
of  him,  what  can  never  be  the  test  of  any  outward  standard — 
an  inward  fear  and  worship  of  Almighty  God  ;  a  love  of  re- 
ligion and  a  sensibility  to  its  holy  influence ;  a  habit  of  devout 
affection  ;  and,  in  short,  a  cultivation  of  all  those  graces  which 
are  called  in  scripture  the  fruits  of  the  Spirit,  and  by  which 
alone  His  sacred  influences  can  be  manifested. 

Sec.  VI.  The  requisition  of  this  canon  being  fulfilled,  the 
Bishop  may  admit  the  person  as  a  candidate  for  orders,  and 
shall  record  the  same  in  a  book  to  be  kept  for  that  purpose, 
and  notify  the  candidate  of  such  record.  And  in  any  diocese 
where  there  is  no  bishop,  the  standing  committee  may,  on 
the  same  conditions,  admit  the  person  as  a  candidate,  and 
shall  make  record  and  notification  in  the  same  manner. 

Sec.  VII.  If,  after  obtaining  the  canonical  testimonials 
from  the  standing  committee,  the  person  be  admitted  as  a 
candidate  by  the  bishop,  or,  if  there  be  no  bishop,  by  the 
standing  committee,  he  shall  remain  a  candidate  for  the  term 
of  three  years  before  his  ordination,  unless  the  bishop,  with 
the  consent  of  the  standing  committee,  shall  deem  it  expe- 
dient to  ordain  the  candidate  after  the  expiration  of  a  shorter 
period,  not  less  than  one  year. 

Sec.  VIII.  A  candidate  for  orders  may,  on  letters  of  dis- 
mission from  the  bishop  or  standing  committee  of  the  diocese 
in  which  he  was  admitted  a  candidate,  be  transferred  to  the 
jurisdiction  of  any  bishop  of  this  church,  and  if  there  be  a 
bishop  within  the  diocese  where  the   candidate  resides,  he 


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shall  apply  to  no  other  bishop  for  ordination  without  the  per- 
mission of  the  former. 

Sec.  IX.  If  any  candidate  for  orders  shall  not,  within 
three  years  after  his  admission,  apply  to  have  his  first  and 
second  examinations  held,  as  hereafter  prescribed,  or  if  he 
shall  not,  within  five  years  from  his  admission,  apply  to  have 
his  third  examination  held,  (unless  the  bishop,  for  satisfactory 
reasons  to  him  assigned,  shall  allow  him  further  time,)  the 
said  person  shall,  in  either  case,  cease  to  be  a  candidate. 

Sec  X.  A  person  desirous  of  becoming  a  candidate  for 
holy  orders,  shall  apply  to  the  bishop,  or,  if  there  be  no 
bishop,  to  the  standing  committee  of  the  diocese  in  which 
he  resides,  unless  the  said  bishop  or  ecclesiastical  authority 
shall  give  their  consent  to  his  application  in  some  other  dio- 
cese. Candidates  shall  not  change  their  canonical  residence 
but  for  bona  fide  causes,  requiring  the  same  to  be  judged  of 
by  the  bishop,  or,  if  there  be  no  bishop,  the  standing  com- 
mittee ;  and  they  shall  not  be  dismissed  from  the  dioceses  in 
which  they  were  admitted,  or  to  which  they  have  been  duly 
transferred,  for  the  convenience  of  attending  any  theological 
or  other  seminary. 

Sec.  XI.  The  4th  Canon  of  1S3S  is  hereby  repealed. 

Directions  for  Candidates  for  Holy  Orders,  wishing  to  be  ordained  Deacons. 

CANON  XV. 

Sec.  II.  (of  1832.)  A  candidate  for  holy  orders,  wishing 
to  be  ordained  a  deacon,  must  lay  before  the  standing  com- 
mittee a  testimonial  in  the  following  words  : 

"  To  the  Standing  Committee  of  the  Diocese  of  Pennsyl- 
vania. 

"  We,  whose  names  are  hereunder  written,  do  testify,  from 
evidence  satisfactory  to  us,  that  A.  B.,  for  the  space  of  three 
years  last  past,  hath  lived  piously,  soberly,  and  honestly ;  and 
hath  not,  so  far  as  we  know  or  believe,  written,  taught,  or 


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held  anything  contrary  to  the  doctrine  or  discipline  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church ;  and  moreover,  we  think  him  a 
person  worthy  to  be  admitted  to  the  sacred  order  of  deacon. 
In  witness  whereof,  we  have  hereunto  set  our  hands  in  ves- 
try meeting,  this day  of ,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord 


The  above  certificate  is  to  be  subscribed  in  vestry  meeting, 
by  the  minister  and  vestry  of  the  parish  where  the  candidate 
resides,  or  by  the  vestry  alone,  if  the  parish  be  vacant,  (of 
which  circumstance  the  committee  must  be  duly  certified,) 
and  must  contain  the  names  of  at  least  a  majority  of  all  the 
wardens  and  vestrymen.  The  respective  titles  of  the  minis- 
ter, wardens,  and  vestrymen,  must  be  attached  to  their  sig- 
natures. If  there  is  no  vestry  where  the  candidate  resides, 
the  circumstance  must  be  certified  to  the  committee,  and  then 
the  testimonial  must  be  signed  by  at  least  twelve  respectable 
persons  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church. 

It  is  not  absolutely  essential  that  the  signers  of  this  testi- 
monial should  be  jiersonally  acquainted  with  the  candidate; 
they  may  act  upon  a  satisfactory  knowledge  of  his  character 
from  any  other  source. 

The  candidate  must  also  lay  before  the  standing  committee 
a  certificate  in  the  following  words : 

"  To  the  Standing  Committee  of  the  Diocese  of  Pennsyl- 
vania. 

"  I  do  hereby  testify  that  A.  B.,  for  the  space  of  three  years 
last  past,  hath  lived  piously,  soberly,  and  honestly ;  and  hath 
not,  so  far  as  1  know  or  believe,  written,  taught,  or  held  any 
thing  contrary  to  the  doctrine  or  discipline  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church ;  and  moreover,  I  think  him  a  person 
worthy  to  be  admitted  to  the  sacred  order  of  deacon.  This 
testimonial  is  founded  on  my  personal  knowledge  of  the  said 
A.  B.,  for  one  year  last  past,  and  for  the  residue  of  the  said 
time  upon  evidence  that  is  satisfactory  to  me.     In  witness 

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whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  this day  of , 

in  the  year  of  our  Lord ." 

The  above  testimonial  must  be  signed  by  at  least  one  re- 
spectable presbyter  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the 
United  States.  The  standing  committee  may  then  sign  the 
canonical  recommendation  to  the  bishop  for  orders ;  which 
is  to  be  presented  to  the  bishop. 

Directions  for  Deacons  wishing  to  be  Ordered  Priests. 

A  deacon  wishing  to  be  ordered  a  priest,  must  lay  before 
the  standing  committee  the  same  testimonials,  subscribed  in 
the  same  way  as  those  required  of  him  on  his  application  for 
ordination  as  deacon,  except  (Sec  V.)  that  they  may  be  so 
altered  as  to  extend  to  such  portion  only  of  the  three  years 
preceding  his  application  for  priests'  orders,  as  has  elapsed 
since  his  ordination  as  deacon  ;  and  except  also,  that  if  he  be 
the  minister  of  the  parish,  the  testimonial  of  piety,  good 
morals,  and  orderly  conduct,  shall  be  signed  by  the  vestry 
alone.  The  standing  committee  may  then  give  him  the 
canonical  recommendation  for  orders ;  which  is  to  be  pre- 
sented to  the  bishop. 

No  person  shall  be  ordained  priest,  unless  he  shall  produce 
to  the  bishop  a  satisfactory  certificate,  from  some  church, 
parish  or  congregation,  that  he  is  engaged  with  them,  and 
that  they  will  receive  him  as  their  minister,  or  unless  he  be  a 
missionary  under  the  ecclesiastical  authority  of  the  diocese  to 
which  he  belongs  ;  or  in  the  employment  of  some  missionary 
society  recognized  by  the  General  Convention ;  or  unless  he 
be  engaged  as  a  professor,  tutor  or  instructor  of  youth  in 
some  college,  academy,  or  other  seminary  of  learning,  duly 
incorporated. 

Candidates  for  ordination  as  priests  or  deacons,  are  referred 
to  the  following  further  provisions. 

CANON  XV.  (1832.) 

Sec.  III.  If  the  candidate,  from  peculiar  circumstances  not 
affecting  his  pious  or  moral  character,  shall  be  unable  to 


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procure  testimonials  from  the  minister  and  vestry  of  the  parish 
where  he  resides,  testimonials  to  the  effect  required  may  be 
received  from  at  least  twelve  respectable  members  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  and  from  at  least  one  respect- 
able presbyter  who  has  been  personally  acquainted  with  the 
candidate  for  at  least  one  year. 

Sec  IV.  A  candidate  recommended  by  the  standing  com- 
mittee of  any  church  destitute  of  a  bishop,  if  he  shall  have 
resided  for  the  greater  part  of  the  last  three  years  within  the 
diocese  of  a  bishop,  shall  apply  to  such  bishop  for  ordination, 
and  shall  produce  the  usual  testimonials,  as  well  from  the 
standing  committee  of  the  diocese  in  which  he  has  resided, 
as  from  the  committee  of  the  church  in  the  diocese  for  which 
he  is  to  be  ordained. 

Ministers,  licentiates,  and  students  of  theology,  among 
other  religious  denominations,  who  may  desire  to  take  orders 
in  the  Piotestant  Episcopal  Church,  are  referred  to  the  fol- 
lowing Canon  of  the  General  Convention  for  directions. 

CANON  VII.  (183S.) 

Concerning  Candidates  for  Orders  in  this  Church  who  have  been  Ministers, 
Licentiates,  or  Students  of  Theology,  among  other  Religious  Denomina- 
tions. 

Sec  I.  All  persons  seeking  admission  to  the  ministry 
of  this  Church,  are  to  be  regarded  as  candidates  for  Holy 
Orders. 

Sec  II.  When  a  person  who,  not  having  had  Episcopal 
ordination,  has  been  acknowledged  as  an  ordained  minister 
or  licentiate  among  any  other  denomination  of  Christians, 
shall  desire  to  be  ordained  in  this  church,  he  shall  give  notice 
thereof  to  the  bishop,  or  if  there  be  no  bishop,  to  the  stand- 
ing committee  of  the  diocese  in  which  he  resides ;  or  if  he 
resides  in  a  state  or  territory  in  which  there  is  no  organized 
diocese,  to  the  Missionary  bishop  within  whose  jurisdiction 
he  resides  ;  which  notice  shall  be  accompanied  with  a  written 
certificate  from  at  least  two  presbyters  of  this  church,  stating, 


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that  from  personal  knowledge  of  the  party,  or  satisfactory 
evidence  laid  before  them,  they  believe  that  his  desire  to 
leave  the  denomination  to  which  he  has  belonged  has  not 
arisen  from  any  circumstance  unfavourable  to  his  religious 
or  moral  character,  or  on  account  of  which  it  may  be  inex- 
pedient to  admit  him  to  the  exercise  of  the  ministry  in  this 
church ;  and  they  may  also  add  what  they  know,  or  believe 
on  good  authority,  of  the  circumstances  leading  to  the  said 
desire. 

Sec.  III.  If  the  bishop  or  standing  committee  shall  think 
proper  to  proceed,  the  party  applying  to  be  received  as  a 
candidate,  shall  produce  to  the  standing  committee  the  same 
testimonials  of  literary  qualifications  as  are  required  of  all 
other  candidates ;  and  also  a  testimonial  from  at  least  twelve 
members  of  the  denomination  from  which  he  came,  or  twelve 
members  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  or  twelve  per- 
sons, in  part  of  the  denomination  from  which  he  came,  and 
in  part  Episcopalians,  satisfactory  to  the  committee,  that  the 
applicant  has  for  three  years  last  past,  lived  piously,  soberly, 
and  honestly ;  and  also,  a  testimonial  from  at  least  two  pres- 
byters of  this  church,  that  they  believe  him  to  be  pious, 
sober,  and  honest,  and  sincerely  attached  to  the  doctrines, 
discipline  and  worship  of  the  church.  The  standing  com- 
mittee being  satisfied  on  these  points,  may  recommend  him  to 
the  bishop  to  be  received  as  a  candidate  for  orders  in  this 
church,  or  in  a  vacant  diocese  the  standing  committee  may 
so  receive  him. 

Sec  IV.  Candidates  admitted  as  above  may,  at  the  expira- 
tion of  a  period  not  less  than  six  months,  be  ordained,  on  their 
passing  the  same  examinations  as  other  candidates  for  dea- 
con's orders ;  and  in  the  examinations,  special  regard  shall  be 
had  to  those  points  in  which  the  denomination  whence  they 
come  differs  from  this  church,  with  a  view  of  testing  their 
information  and  soundness  in  the  same;  and  also  to  the 
ascertaining  that  they  are  adequately  acquainted  with  the 
liturgy  and  offices  of  this  church ;  provided,  that  in  their 


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case  the  testimonials  shall  be  required  to  cover  only  the  time 
since  their  admission  as  candidates  for  orders ;  and  provided, 
also,  that  the  provisions  of  the  canon  concerning  candidates 
for  orders,  as  far  as  the  same  relates  to  the  age  of  the  person 
to  whom  the  dispensation  may  be  granted,  and  the  mode  and 
restrictions  in  and  under  which  the  same  may  be  granted, 
shall  apply  to  the  persons  mentioned  in  this  canon, 

Sec  V.  Every  candidate  for  the  ministry  of  any  other  de- 
nomination, who  applies  to  be  received  as  a  candidate  for 
orders  in  this  church,  may  be  allowed  by  the  bishop,  with 
the  consent  of  the  members  of  the  standing  committee,  the 
period  of  time  during  which  he  has  been  a  student  of  Theolo- 
gy, or  candidate  in  such  other  denomination ;  provided,  the 
time  so  allowed  does  not  exceed  two  years. 

Sec.  VI.  When  any  person  not  a  citizen  of  the  United 
States,  who  has  been  acknowledged  as  an  ordained  minister 
among  any  other  denomination  of  Christians,  shall  apply  for 
orders  in  this  church,  the  bishop  to  whom  application  is 
made,  shall  require  of  him  (in  addition  to  the  above  qualifica- 
tions) satisfatory  evidence  that  he  has  resided  at  least  one 
year  in  the  United  States  previous  to  his  application. 

Sec  VII.  The  third  Canon  of  1S35  is  hereby  repealed. 

Course  of  Ecclesiastical  Studies,  established  by  the  House  of  Bishops  in  the 
Convention  of  1804,  in  pursuance  of  a  Resolution  of  the  preceding 
General  Convention, 

In  attending  to  this  subject,  a  considerable  difficulty  occurs, 
arising  out  of  the  difference  of  the  circumstances  of  students, 
in  regard  not  only  to  intellectual  endowments  and  prepara- 
tory knowledge  of  languages  and  science ;  but  to  access  to 
authors,  and  time  to  be  devoted  to  a  preparation  for  the  minis- 
try. For  in  accommodating  to  those  whose  means  are  slen- 
der, we  are  in  danger  of  derogating  from  the  importance  of 
religious  knowledge ;  while  on  the  other  hand,  although  we 
should  demand  all  that  is  desirable,  we  shall  be  obliged  to 
content  ourselves,  in  some  cases,  with  what  is  barely  neces- 
sary. 


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In  consideration  of  the  above,  it  will  be  expedient  to  set 
down  such  a  course  of  study,  as  is  accommodated  to  a  mode- 
rate portion  of  time  and  means ;  and  afterward  to  suggest 
provision,  as  well  for  a  more  limited,  as  for  a  more  enlarged 
share  of  both. 

Let  the  student  be  required  to  begin  with  some  books  in 
proof  of  the  divine  authority  of  Christianity;  such  as  Gro- 
tius  on  the  Truth  of  the  Christian  Religion  ;  Jenkins  on  the 
Reasonableness  of  Christianity  ;  Paley's  Evidences ;  Leslie's 
Methods  with  the  Jews  and  Deists ;  Stillingfleet's  Origines 
Sacree;  and  Butler's  Analogy.  To  the  above  should  be  added 
some  books  which  give  a  knowledge  of  the  objections  made 
by  Deists.  For  this,  Leland's  View  may  be  sufficient;  except 
that  it  should  be  followed  by  answers  to  deistical  writers 
since  Leiand,  whose  works,  and  the  answers  to  them,  may  be 
supposed  known  to  the  student.  It  would  be  best,  if  circum- 
stances permit,  that  he  should  read  what  the  Deists  themselves 
have  written. 

After  the  books  in  proof  of  revelation,  let  the  student,  pre- 
viously to  the  reading  of  any  system  of  divinity,  study  the 
Scriptures  with  the  help  of  some  approved  commentators, 
such  as  Patrick  and  Lowth  on  the  Old  Testament;  and  Ham- 
mond, or  Whitby,  or  Doddridge  on  the  New;  being  aware,  in 
regard  to  the  last  mentioned  author,  of  the  points  on  which 
he  differs  from  our  church,  although  it  be  with  moderation 
and  candour.  During  such,  his  study  of  the  Scriptures,  let 
him  read  some  work  or  works  which  give  an  account  of  the 
design  of  the  different  books,  and  the  grounds  on  which  their 
respective  authority  is  asserted;  for  instance  Father  Simon's 
Canon  of  Scripture,  Collier's  Sacred  Interpreter,  Gray's  Key 
to  the  Old  Testament,  and  Percy's  Key  to  the  New.  Let  the 
student  read  the  Scriptures  over  and  over,  referring  to  his 
commentators  as  need  may  require,  until  he  can  give  an  ac- 
count of  the  design  and  character  of  each  book,  and  explain 
the  more  difficult  passages  of  it.  He  is  supposed  to  know 
enough  of  profane  history,  to  give  an  account  of  that  also, 


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whenever  it  mixes  with  the  sacred.    There  are  certain  im- 
portant subjects  which  may  be  profitably  attended  to,  as 
matters  of  distinct  study,  during  the  course  of  the  general 
study  of  Scripture.  For  instance,  the  student  having  proceed- 
ed as  far  as  the  deluge,  may  read  some  author  who  gives  a 
larger  account  than  the   commentators,  of  the  particulars 
attached  to  that  crisis  ;  and  also  the  principles  on  which  are 
founded  the  different  systems  of  chronology  ;  all  which  will 
be  found  clearly  done  in  the  Universal  History.     In  reading 
the  book  of  Leviticus,  it  will  be  useful  to  attend  to  some  con- 
nected scheme  of  the  sacrifices  such  as  is  exhibited  by  Bishop 
Kidder  in  his  introduction  to  the  Pentateuch,  and  by  Mr.  Jo- 
seph Mede  in  some  of  his  discourses.     A  more  full  and  inte- 
resting interpretation  of  the  prophecies  than  can  be  expected 
from  the  commentators,  will  be  desirable,  and  for  this  pur- 
pose let  Bishop  Newton's  work  be  taken.  Between  the  study 
of  the  Old  Testament  and  that  of  the  New,  should  be  read 
Prideaux's  and  Shuckford's  Connexions.  With  the  New  Tes- 
tament should  be  taken  some  book  relating  to  the  Harmony 
of  the  Gospels,  as  McKnight's  or  Bishop  Newcombe's.    Let 
the  student,  before  entering  on  the  Gospels,  read  Dr.  Camp- 
bell's Introductory  Dissertations.     Toward  the  close  of  the 
Gospels,  the  subject  of  the  Resurrection  should  be  particu- 
arly  attended  to;  for  which  purpose  let  there  be  taken  either 
Mr.  West  on  the  subject,  or  Bishop  Sherlock's  Trial  of  the 
Witnesses.     After  the  study  of  the  Scriptures,  let  attention 
be  given  to  ecclesiastical  history,  so  far  as  to  the  Council  of 
Nice.     This  period  is  distinctly  taken,  from  a  desire  that  the 
portion  of  history  preceding  it,  as  well  as  the  opinions  then 
entertained,  may  be  learned  from  original  writers  ;   which 
may  be  considered  as  one  of  the  best  expedients  for  the  guard- 
ing of  the  student  against  many  errors  of  modern  times. 
The  writers  of  that  interval   are  not  numerous   or  bulky. 
Eusebius  is  soon  read  through;   and  so  are  the  Apostolic 
Fathers.     Even  the  other  writers  are  not  voluminous,  except 
Origen,  the  greater  part  of  whose  works  may  be  passed  over. 


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The  Apostolic  Fathers  may  be  best  read  in  Cotelerius'  edition; 
but  there  are  translations  of  most  of  them,  by  Archbishop 
Wake  and  the  Rev.  William  Reeves.  Cave's  Lives  of  the 
Apostles  and  Fathers  may  be  profitably  read  at  this  period. 

This  stage  of  the  student's  progress  seems  the  most  proper 
for  the  study  of  the  two  questions,  of  our  Lord's  Divinity, 
and  of  Episcopacy.  The  aspect  of  early  works  on  these 
subjects,  best  enables  us  to  ascertain  in  what  shape  they  ap- 
pear to  the  respective  writers.  And  it  is  difficult  to  suppose, 
on  the  ground  of  what  we  know  of  human  nature,  that,  during 
the  first  three  centuries,  either  the  character  of  Christ  should 
have  been  conceived  of  as  materially  different  from  what  had 
been  the  representation  of  it  by  the  first  teachers  of  our  re- 
ligion ;  or,  that  there  should  have  been  a  material  change  of 
Church  Government,  without  opposition  to  the  innovation. 
For  the  former  question,  let  the  works  of  Bishop  Bull  and 
the  Rev.  Charles  Leslie  be  taken ;  to  which  may  well  be  add- 
ed, the  late  controversy  between  Bishop  Horsley  and  Dr. 
Priestley;  and  for  the  latter,  Mr.  Hooker's  Ecclesiastical 
Polity,  Archbishop  Potter  on  Church  Government,  and  Dau- 
beny's  Guide  to  the  Church.  As  the  Lord  Chancellor  King 
published  a  book  on  the  Discipline  of  the  Primitive  Church, 
in  which  he  has  rested  Episcopacy  on  insufficient  grounds, 
unwarily  admitted  by  many  on  his  authority;  let  the  student 
read  his  book,  and  the  refutation  of  it  in  Mr.  Slater's  Original 
Draught  of  the  Primitive  Church. 

After  this,  let  the  student  go  on  with  the  History  of  the 
Fourth  Century,  from  Mosheim.  But  it  will  be  of  advan- 
tage to  him  to  turn  to  Fleury's  History,  for  the  epitomes 
there  given  to  the  writings  of  the  eminent  men  who  abound- 
ed in  that  century  and  part  of  the  next.  Let  him  then  re- 
turn to  Mosheim,  and  go  on  with  that  writer  to  the  Reforma- 
tion. Here  let  him  pause  and  study,  as  the  main  hinges  of 
Popery,  its  pretences  to  supremacy  and  infallibility  ;  on 
which  there  will  be  found  satisfactory  matter  in  Mr.  Chil- 
lingworth's  Religion  of  Protestants  a  Safe  Way  to  Salvation, 


185 

and  Dr.  Barrow's  Treatise  of  the  Pope's  Supremacy.  Here 
also  let  there  be  read  Father  Paul's  History  of  the  Council  of 
Trent.  Then  let  the  student  resume  Mosheim.  But  it  will 
be  best  if,  for  a  more  minute  knowledge  of  the  History  of 
the  Church  of  England,  since  the  Reformation,  he  take  along 
with  him  Collier's  History,  a  very  able  work,  but  in  the 
reading  of  which  some  allowance  must  be  made  for  peculiar 
prejudices.  On  coming,  in  the  reign  of  Elizabeth,  to  the 
questions  which  arose  between  the  divines  of  the  Established 
Church  and  the  Presbyterians,  then  known  by  the  name  of 
Puritans,  let  recourse  be  again  had  to  Mr.  Hooker's  work 
and  to  the  London  Cases.  Then  let  Mosheim  be  proceeded 
with  to  the  end. 

After  these  studies,  and  not  before,  let  divinity  be  read  in 
a  systematic  method.  Bishop  Pearson's  Exposition  of  the 
Creed  may  be  considered  as  a  small  system,  and,  on  account 
of  the  excellence  of  the  work,  is  recommended  ;  as  also  Bishop 
Burnet's  Exposition  of  the  Thirty-nine  Articles.  Then  let 
a  larger  system  be  taken  ;  suppose  Stackhouse's  Body  of 
Divinity,  with  the  addition  of  the  following  modern  works  : 
Elements  of  Christian  Theology,  by  the  present  Bishop  of 
Lincoln,  and  the  Scholar  Armed.  That  many  works  of  this 
sort  are  not  mentioned,  is  because  we  think  their  utility  is 
principally  confined  to  arrangement,  and  suppose  that  the 
knowledge  they  convey  is  to  be  obtained  from  the  scriptures 
and  judicicus  commentators. 

It  seems  necessary  to  this  course  of  study,  to  recommend 
the  sermons  of  some  of  the  distinguished  preachers  who  have 
so  abounded  in  the  Church  of  England  for  some  ages  past, 
that  the  only  matter  will  be,  from  among  many  of  great  name, 
to  select  a  convenient  number. 

It  seems  not  unnecessary  to  require  attention  to  the  His- 
tory of  the  Common  Prayer,  the  grounds  on  which  the 
different  services  are  constructed,  and  the  meaning  of  the 
Rubrics.  Perhaps  a  careful  study  of  Dr.  Wheatley  on  the 
Common  Prayer,  and  of  the  late  work  of  Mr.  Reeves  will  be 
sufficient. 

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Some  books  should  be  read  on  the  duties  of  the  pastoral 
office ;  such  as  St.  Chrysostom  on  the  Priesthood,  Bishop 
Burnet  on  the  Pastoral  Care,  and  Bishop  Wilson's  Parochialia. 
It  is,  however  to  be  remembered,  that  one  reason  for  study- 
ing carefully  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer  and  its  Rubrics, 
is,  that  by  the  help  of  these,  in  connexion  with  what  belongs 
in  Scripture,  to  the  ministerial  character,  sufficient  informa- 
tion of  its  duties  may  be  had. 

A  knowledge  of  the  Constitution  and  the  Canons  should 
be  held  absolutely  necessary. 

To  set  down  what  books  shall  be  essential,  no  student  to 
be  ordained  without  being  fully  prepared  to  answer  On 
them,  is  more  difficult.  The  lowest  requisition  is  as  follows: 
Paley's  Evidences ;  Mosheim,  with  a  reference  to  Mr.  Hooker 
for  the  Episcopacy  ;  Stackhouse's  Body  of  Divinity ;  and  Mr. 
Reeves  on  the  Common  Prayer  ;  the  Constitution  and  Canons 
of  the  Church ;  allowing  in  the  study  of  the  Scriptures,  a  lati- 
tude of  choice  among  approved  commentators ;  it  being 
understood,  that  if  the  student  cannot,  on  the  grounds  con- 
tained in  some  good  commentary,  give  an  account  of  the 
different  books,  and  explain  such  passages  as  may  be  pro- 
posed to  him,  this  is  of  itself  a  disqualification. 

In  the  beginning,  it  was  intimated  that  the  course  to  be 
recommended,  would  be  disproportioned  to  the  means  of 
some,  and  fall  short  of  what  would  be  within  the  compass  of 
others. 

During  the  whole  course  of  study,  the  student  will  endea- 
vour, by  the  grace  of  God,  to  cultivate  his  heart  by  attention 
to  devotional  and  practical  treatises. 


THEOLOGICAL     SEMINARY. 

Qualifications  for  entering  the  General  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Pro- 
testant Episcopal  Church  in  the  United  States. 

Persons  producing  satisfactory  evidence  of  their  being  can- 
didates for  holy  orders  in  the  Protestant  Episc  opal  Church , 


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with  full  (that  is,  including  literary)  attainments,  agreeably 
to  the  IVth  Canon  of  the  General  Convention  of  1838,*  will,on 
application,  be  received  into  the  Seminary. 

This  should  be  particularly  noted  in  the  certificate,  as  the 
mere  fact  of  their  being  candidates  for  orders,  is  not  sufficient. 

All  others  will  be  admitted  who  produce  satisfactory  evi- 
dence of  religious  and  moral  character,  and  of  attachment  to 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  and  a  diploma  from  some 
college  ;  or,  if  they  have  not  been  through  college,  stand  a 
satisfactory  examination  by  the  faculty,  on  the  general  prin- 
ciples of  natural  and  moral  philosophy  and  rhetoric ;  and  in 
the  Latin  and  Greek  languages,  on  the  following  works,  or 

such  others  as  shall  be  considered  an  equivalent  substitute: 

Sallust,  Virgil's  iEneid,  Cicero's  Orations,  or  De  Officiis ;  and 
the  four  Gospels,  Xenophon's  Cyropcedia,  and  the  first  three 
books  of  Homer. 

Provided,  that  in  all  cases,  applicants  must  stand  an  exami- 
nation in  the  Gospels  and  Acts  in  the  Greek;  and  in  the 
primary  elements  of  the  Hebrew  language  ;  and  each  candi- 
date must  be  able  to  read  and  pronounce  the  Hebrew  with 
facility,  according  to  the  masoretic  punctuation,  and  be 
acquainted  with  the  paradigm  of  a  regular  verb,  in  all  its 
conjugations. 

The  above  requisitions  will  be  strictly  enforced.  Candi- 
dates must  also  present  a  specimen  of  English  composition. 

All  applicants  ought  to  present  themselves  during  the  week 
immediately  preceding  the  first  Monday  in  October. 

Every  candidate  must  enter  the  junior  or  lowest  class,  at 
the  commencement  of  the  fall  session  ;  or  stand  a  satisfactory 
examination  on  the  studies  which  have  been  pursued  by  the 
class  into  which  he  seeks  admittance. 

The  expenses  of' a  student,  during  the  seminary  year,  for 
boarding,  washing,  fuel,  and  lights,  is  about  One  Hundred 
and  Ten  Dollars.  There  is  no  charge  for  room-rent  or  for 
tuition. 


•Supplied  by  the  IXth  Canon  of  1841. 


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Form  of  the  Certificate  for  Lay  Deputies  to  Convention, 
(See  Canon  XIII.  p.  155.) 

It  is  hereby  certified,  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Vestry  of  Church, 

iri  the  county  of  ,  held  on  the  day  of  18     , 

Mr.  was  duly  elected   a  lay  deputy  to  the    Convention  of 

the  Protestant  Episcopal    Church  in  the  State  of  Pennsylvania,  to  be 
held  in  on  the  day  of  next ;  and  that  the 

said  deputy  is  now,  and  has  also  been  for  not  less  than  the  six  calendar 
months  next  before  his  election,  a  worshipper  in  the  said  Church. 

Dated  this        of  18 

>  Warden. 


>  Vestrymen. 

N.  B.  If  more  than  one  deputy  be  chosen,  a  certificate  in  the  above 
form  may  be  given  to  each,  or  which  is  better,  the  names  of  all  may  be 
included  in  one  certificate,  varying  the  language  accordingly. 

N.  B.  According  to  Canon  XIII.,  "  no  other  certificate  or  evidence  of 
the  appointment  of  any  lay  deputy  or  deputies  to  the  Convention  of  this 
Diocese,  shall  be  allowed  or  received." 


Form  of  a  Parochial  Report.  (See  Canon  XII.  Sec.  3,  p.  155.) 
To  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  of  the  Diocese  of  Pennsylvania. 

Report  of  the  parish  of  Church,  in  in  the 

county  of  for  the  year  ending  May  1st,  18     . 

Congregation.     Families,      ;  Adults,       ;  Children,      ;  Total, 

Baptisms.     Adults,         ;  Infants,         ;  Total, 

Confirmed, 

Communicants.     Added,     ;  Died  or  removed,     ;  Present  number,     . 

Marriages, 

Burials, 

Public  Services.     On  Sundays,  ;  other  days,         ;  Total, 

Children  Catechised,         ;  Times, 

Sunday  Schools.     Male,        ;  Teachers,         ;  Pupils,         ;  Female, 
;  Teachers,        ;  Pupils,        ;  Total,  Schools,        ;  Teachers,        ; 
Pupils, 

Bible  Classes,  ;  Members, 

Collections.     Episcopal  Fund,  $  ;  Convention  Fund,  $  ; 

Soc.  Adv.  of  Christianity,  $        ;  Missionary  and  other  purposes,  $        ; 
Total,  $ 

REMARKS. 


